Have Your Say About the Tariffville Post Office Tonight — April 5

A meeting with the U.S. Postal Service to discuss the fate of the Tariffville Post Office will be held tonight — April 5 —  at 7 p.m. at in Tariffville.

What was supposed to be a temporary closure of the Tariffville Post Office is looking more permanent. The post office closed its doors in February due to structural concerns and has yet to reopen. 

Simsbury officials and the Tariffville Village Association have worked to try to keep a post office located in the village, efforts Deputy First Selectman John Hampton has called a “multi-tiered battle plan.” 

There was a robo call (a recorded telephone call) to encourage Tariffville residents to fill out a survey issued by the Postal Service. A survey you can bring to the meeting if you have not already turned it in. Some of the survey questions asked residents about their use of the Tariffville Post Office and the frequency of those transactions. 

The call also directed residents to the Tariffville Village Association’s website, where ways to help keep the post office are listed. In addition to the survey, there was a petition being circulated, and people were encourages to write a letter to Postal Service officials, e-mailing their local congressman and senator, and attending the public hearing April 5. 

“The Tariffville Post Office is a critical resource for the residents who live in the village,” First Selectman Mary Glassman has said, calling it “a community treasure, a historical site, an economic anchor, and a major gathering place for locals to meet and share information.”

Glassman listed two locations where the post office could be relocated. The two locations within the village include 14 Winthrop Street and 38 Main Street — across the street from where it was located at 39 Main Street.

Without the post office services in the village, Tariffville residents currently travel to the Simsbury Post Office on Hopmeadow Street to get their mail. They do have the option of home delivery.