The RFD is a government mail service, where mail carriers travel rural routes to deliver and pickup mail from roadside mail boxes. As of 2022, the USPS has around 133,000 mail carriers serving around 80,000 rural mail routes.
Many people even today have rural free mail delivery rather than paying
For the last year, Bud Martin of Hempfield has used the U.S. Post Office in New Stanton as a regular mail service stop to avoid the traffic quagmire caused by ongoing construction in Youngwood. On a recent stop, Martin, 41, readily confessed that he “never noticed” a state historical marker
Ellsworth Police Log Week of Jan. 21
ELLSWORTH Deer hunting season may be long over, but it is still possible to bag a deer on the road. Numerous accidents occurred on local roadways this past week as a direct result of deer running in front of moving vehicles. The crashes resulted in injury and death for the deer involved, but no humans were harmed.
A deer ran onto Bucksport Road and was struck by a 2017 silver GMC sport utility vehicle on Jan. 4. Linda A. Murray, 66, of Orland was driving and Bruce A. Murray, 70, was a passenger when the crash occurred on a straight but wet stretch of road at 8:40 a.m. The SUV was damaged on the front passenger side but was able to be driven from the scene.