Maybe it’s unusual for a neighborhood to rally around a mailbox, but that is what Story Hill did when the US Postal Service threatened to remove it in 2006.

Flyers went out to residents decrying the potential loss of the little blue box on W. Bluemound Rd. and N. Story Pkwy. And yes, the Postal Service backed down.

That was then, this is now. Victory is fleeting. We won the battle, but lost the war. Etc., etc.

The Postal Service is back, and it wants our mailbox. So long, sweet friend! Your door was always open to us!