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Article: DEVENS COMMUNITY GAINS A ZIP CODE OF ITS OWN
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 20, 2003
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DEVENS In a move designed to boost economic development and
community spirits, the US Postal Service is going to give Devens its
own ZIP code.
The welcome news was announced at the former military base on
Monday afternoon, but the actual ZIP code will not be revealed until
January and is not expected to be in service until July.
To people like Martha Demerjian, who owns a business and a home on
the former Army base, it's important that Devens have its own ZIP
code. She said that everyday mail order transactions get complicated
when she tells people she lives in Devens, and then provides them
with an Ayer ZIP code.
Also, as the former base transforms itself into a civilian
community, having ...