The town of West Paris will soon have a post office for the first time in nearly five years.The facility closed on May 28, 2021, because the owner of the property decided not to renew the lease. In July 2023, the USPS said they expected a post office to be fully operational again in May 2024 in a replacement facility, but that did not happen.The closest post office is several miles away in South Paris.Congressman Jared Golden, D-Maine, announced on Friday that the West Paris Post Office will reopen on Saturday, April 4. The new facility is located at 141 Bethel Road, which was previously home to the Ledgeview Living Center.“Restoring faith in government starts with making it work at the local level, and I’m glad West Paris residents no longer have to travel to another community to access basic mail services,” Golden said. “While the USPS should have been more prompt and transparent throughout this process, this reopening is a happy ending to the saga — and welcome news for the many families who have reached out to me about equal access to the post office.”Golden has repeatedly asked for answers from the USPS about the status and future of the West Paris office.“The American Postal Workers of Maine is more than excited to have the doors open again to the West Paris, Maine, Post Office. The Post Office is an integral part of all communities by providing rural mail delivery, getting medications to its residents, especially veterans, voting by mail, parcel services and money orders,” said Jennifer Garland, executive vice president of the American Postal Workers Union of Maine. Golden and a group of bipartisan colleagues introduced the Protecting Postal Performance Act in March 2025. Among other reforms, it would require the USPS to hold a public hearing and provide six months advance notice before closing post offices in underserved communities.

WEST PARIS, Maine —

The town of West Paris will soon have a post office for the first time in nearly five years.

The facility closed on May 28, 2021, because the owner of the property decided not to renew the lease. In July 2023, the USPS said they expected a post office to be fully operational again in May 2024 in a replacement facility, but that did not happen.

The closest post office is several miles away in South Paris.

Congressman Jared Golden, D-Maine, announced on Friday that the West Paris Post Office will reopen on Saturday, April 4. The new facility is located at 141 Bethel Road, which was previously home to the Ledgeview Living Center.

“Restoring faith in government starts with making it work at the local level, and I’m glad West Paris residents no longer have to travel to another community to access basic mail services,” Golden said. “While the USPS should have been more prompt and transparent throughout this process, this reopening is a happy ending to the saga — and welcome news for the many families who have reached out to me about equal access to the post office.”

Golden has repeatedly asked for answers from the USPS about the status and future of the West Paris office.

“The American Postal Workers of Maine is more than excited to have the doors open again to the West Paris, Maine, Post Office. The Post Office is an integral part of all communities by providing rural mail delivery, getting medications to its residents, especially veterans, voting by mail, parcel services and money orders,” said Jennifer Garland, executive vice president of the American Postal Workers Union of Maine.

Golden and a group of bipartisan colleagues introduced the Protecting Postal Performance Act in March 2025. Among other reforms, it would require the USPS to hold a public hearing and provide six months advance notice before closing post offices in underserved communities.