ASSOCIATED PRESS
ISMAY – U.S.
Postal Service officials say mail service will resume in an Eastern Montana town
where a fire destroyed the post office.
The fire in
early January has prompted some residents of Ismay to worry about their mail. Since
the fire, they’ve taken turns dropping off and picking up mail in a town almost
20 miles away.
Postal
officials plan to put a mailbox in a community center in tiny Ismay, population
20, Postal Service spokesman James Boxrud said.
Meanwhile,
property owners Rita and Gene Nimitz tell the “Billings Gazette” they’re making
tentative plans to rebuild the post office, which dated to the 1920s.
A faulty
furnace or electrical wiring is believed to have started the blaze.
