Temporary halt to mail delivery alarms residents
Three Kailua-Kona apartment buildings had their mail stopped, apparently without notice, shortly after ballots went out last week.
The post office stopped incoming and outgoing mail at Hualalai elderly housing, Kamaaina Hale and Royal Kailuan Inn because of concerns about mail carriers’ safety after coronavirus infections surged at nearby University of the Nations Kona. The mail was to have been restarted Saturday, a U.S. Postal Service spokesman said.
Spokesman Duke Gonzales said Tuesday that the Kailua-Kona postmaster told him residents were contacted and informed before pickups and deliveries were halted, including telling them they could pick up their mail at the Kailua-Kona post office. A resident, a community representative and a building manager dispute that account of what happened.
