A year after fire, new Matinicus Island Post Office opens

A year after fire, new Matinicus Island Post Office opens: "Wanda Philbrook, Matinicus Island's postmaster (and yes, she does prefer that title), looks through the service window from her neat office on the other side. She hands the islander the stamps, and his mail (as of this writing, the actual post office boxes have not arrived yet). Like so many others, the customer cannot resist asking her how it feels to finally have a real post office to work from. 'It's such a relief,' Philbrook says, clearly having answered this question before. 'It's like a weight off my shoulders.'

For the last 13 months, Philbrook had managed the island's mail from her home, after an accidental fire destroyed the building housing the newly-renovated Matinicus post office in April of 2008."