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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 12, 2006

Contact: Freda Sauter
Ph: (410) 347-4322
Email: freda.g.sauter@usps.gov
Website: www.usps.gov

Postal Service opens new Contract Postal Unit (CPU)

WHAT: Grand Opening of Contract Postal Unit

WHEN: Wednesday, December 13
12 noon

WHERE: White Mountain Trading Company
142 W Ridgely Road
Lutherville, MD

WHO: T. Bryan McIntire, Baltimore County Councilman 3rd District
Dennis Elliott, Lutherville/Timonium Officer in Charge
Angela Brown, Baltimore Marketing Manager
Drew Friedman, White Mountain Trading Company Owner

DETAILS: To increase convenience and access to postal services, a new Contract Postal
Unit (CPU) will open at White Mountain Trading Company.  The CPU offers a full line of postal products and services, including postage stamps, Express Mail Service, Priority Mail Service, Special Services and much more. The hours of operations provide convenient access Monday — Friday 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Customers will easily recognize the presence of the postal services at CPU locations by the exterior and interior Postal Service signage, as well as the new retail counter configuration and product display.  The Postal Service continues to provide additional retail locations to offer alternate access convenience for customers.

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation, 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.