Records for the project at the Triangle show a pattern of mistakes and faulty construction since work began this winter. The building was closed abruptly on April 1 due to water damage.
The Edgartown post office will temporarily relocate to the former town library on North Water street in the next few weeks as town officials, the postal service and the building owner work to assess water damage that has left the post office closed since last Friday.
With the roof removed and construction underway on new apartments above the Edgartown Post Office, rainfall has led to two closures of the town post office in the last week.
Regina Weichert has come to dread the part of the day that brings
her to the Edgartown post office, and as she emerged from the facility
yesterday afternoon with a pile of mail, she could only sigh.
"Do you want to know how bad the line is?" she asked as
she made her way to her car. "It's terrible. It's
always terrible."