Sound Beach is less than two square miles, with a population of 7,289, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Among those most affected by the closure are post office box customers.

The last collection time at the Ingomar post office was 10 a.m. on Christmas Eve. Inspectors said the boxes were broken into overnight. "It disrupts a lot of people's lives," Bogel said.

United States Postal Service collection boxes outside of the Wauwatosa post office were broken into last week. According to Wauwatosa police, they responded to the post office on Mayfair Road just ...