After 30 years of post office employment Missy Hayes makes her last mail delivery

Whether it is being a postal carrier or a post office clerk, the postal system is a great place to meet people. "I have shared in so many people's lives. I have cried and laughed with them," said Missy Hayes. Jan. 8, marked Missy's 30th anniversary of seeing people on her delivery routes or at the USPS counter. But now, retirement is what comes next.

In 1994, while caring for a colicky infant at home, Missy would make the 45-minute drive, leaving home at 4:30 a.m. to be at the Blue Hill Post Office location, by 5:30 a.m., where she began her postal career as a clerk. "I look back on that time...