Press Release - The Pittsburgh Marathon - 4/29/13

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

       Postal Collection Boxes To Be Removed During Pittsburgh Marathon
		
       Postal Inspection Service Enacts Precautionary Security Measure 

PITTSBURGH - The Postal Inspection Service, working in conjunction with local 
law enforcement agencies, will implement a temporary security measure to 
increase public safety for the 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon scheduled for Sunday, 
May 5.

The United States Postal Service will take out of service collection boxes along 
the marathon route this weekend. Blue collection boxes along the marathon route 
will be pulled for Saturday, May 4 and Sunday May 5.

Postal officials emhasize this is a precautionary security measure only. Regular 
collections will resume on Monday, May 6.

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