| | Published October 26th, 2011
| A Post Office's Last Day
| | By Sophie Braccini |  | Postal worker Mark Fahmy by the original 1967 dedication plaque installed when the Country Club Post
Office was established during the administration of President Lyndon Johnson Photo Sophie Braccini |
The Post Office located at the corner of Country Club Drive and School Street was bustling with activity on the morning of Friday, October 14, the last day of its operations. Patrons came to check their mail boxes, send registered mail and ask questions about the future. On the inside door, a simple white sheet of paper matter-of-factly stated that the office would be transferred to the main Post Office located on Center Street in the Rheem Shopping Center.
"We apologize for any inconvenience it might cause to our customers," said Mark Fahmy, the postal worker who ran the Country Club operation single-handedly. A customer inquired about the drive-up mail boxes in which locals and seniors across the street have been dropping mail since 1967. "They will be removed," said Fahmy, "they are located on a property that does not belong to the Postal Service." He added that people could ask to have free-standing boxes installed on Country Club Drive, close to the two retirement homes, as a convenience to the seniors living there.
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA