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Jan 7, 2008 7:24 am US/Eastern

Light Bulb Shipments Less Than Brilliant

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) ― Postal workers are taking a dim view of a program to supply Maryland residents with energy-efficient light bulbs.

Allegheny Power is sending pairs of the bulbs to its 220,000 households in Maryland and that has created headaches for post offices in Washington County.

The shipments began in December during the Christmas season rush. The Hagerstown Post Office says each box had to be individually scanned, then delivered, forcing several carriers to work overtime.

In Funkstown, the shipments arrived at the Post Office with street addresses, even though the town only delivers mail to post office boxes. And in Boonsboro, shipments of bulbs arrived on skids that were too big for the Post Office to handle. Workers had to work overtime to break down the boxes, then make the deliveries.

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