Ellisburg post office opens permanent location

CHERRY HILL – The Ellisburg Post Office began operating at its new facility Monday at 600 N. Kings Highway.

The location is less than one mile from the former location in the Ellisburg Shopping Center.

“We are happy to move into our new location,” said USPS corporate spokesperson Ray V. Daiutolo Sr.

MORE CHERRY HILL NEWS

According to Daiutolo Sr., there is a regular collection box at the new site. Local Cherry Hill postal management is working with the owner of the shopping center to see if a snorkel, drive-up box can be installed.

In April 2014, the post office moved to a temporary trailer near the Playdrome bowling alley after it was unable to renew its lease with Federal Investment Trust, owners of the Ellisburg Shopping Center.

Longtime customers are happy with the move, including Cherry Hill resident Jody Santengelo, who says she did a double-take when seeing the new post office for the first time. But a smile followed the double-take.

“I am hopeful that location, which has been a bad omen for every restaurant in that spot, will not have the ghosts of past occupants,” Santengelo wrote in a Facebook comment.

Fellow Cherry Hill resident Katherine Golembiewski says she loves it.

“It’s beautiful and spacious inside.”

The post office opened in its original location in 1962.