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Residents urge saving historic municipal post office; council gives foreclosure update on Hotel Fort Farvey
Summary
Residents urged the council to preserve an old municipal post office the speaker described as the nation’s first community-owned post office, and a different resident sought a status update on the Hotel Fort Farvey foreclosure.
Brenda Garnett, a resident, urged the St. Marys City Council to help preserve an old municipal building she identified as the country’s first community-owned post office and asked whether local preservation groups might assist.
Garnett said the building is “the only community post office paid with public money in The United States Of America” and offered to share documentation.…
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