“The West Marin surf town’s funky street grid and hairpin turns along dry cliffs mean only a small fraction of its roughly 1,500 residents have home mail delivery. An aging population — more than half of locals are over 65 — and lack of public transportation now make the commute to Olema an urgent health issue.
In a poll conducted last year by community members, 60% of residents said they depended on the post office for their medications. If elderly locals can’t reach their P.O. boxes in a timely manner, or arrive to find their prescriptions were delayed or lost in the mail, they might face serious — perhaps even fatal — consequences.”