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Kim Camp works the 100-year-old canceler which Bethlehem only uses at Christmas.
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Kim is a local celebrity who works at the Bethlehem Post Office.
For the past several years, rumors of a new post office have made the rounds and this year the federal government purchased 2.75 acres just down the road on Christmas Ave. (Highway 11) to build a new facility.
In August, the Bethlehem Mayor and City Council were informed the Post Office had the funds for construction and were "ready to start."
Ken Welch, the architect/engineer for the Southeast Facilities Service Office, U.S. Postal Service said on Thursday that work should begin at the site shortly.
"We’re just waiting on the erosion control permit required by the DOT (Department of Transportation)," said Welch.
The opening is anticipated to be September of 2009.
Bethlehem Mayor Sandy McNab said everyone was looking forward to the new post office.
"We’ve definitely needed it for a while," he said.
The new facility will be 5,100 square feet with a much bigger parking lot and will perhaps even have room to store the old Flier canceler.
"Although I would like a new one," admits the postmaster.
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