Post Office

A debate is on regarding a proposal to close the Malden Post Office.

The red-brick corner stop is the hub of the former railroad town, adjacent to the chipped paint of the former Caboose Tavern, which closed 12 years ago.

At one of 3,700 postal locations across the country slated for potential closure, cars pull up and the first customers walk in the door, a golden retriever down the street barks and lifts his front paws onto the fence to watch.

The day’s activities commence – in a town that has no street mail service.

Ernest Kish is an 11-year resident, with a house he’s been trying to sell f...