First class delivery: New post office replaces Live Oak’s historic downtown site

  • The new Live Oak Post Office opened Monday after crews spent the weekend moving equipment from the historic downtown location to the new site on the northern edge of town at the Live Oak Commons. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
    The new Live Oak Post Office opened Monday after crews spent the weekend moving equipment from the historic downtown location to the new site on the northern edge of town at the Live Oak Commons. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
  • A mail sorting station is moved into the new Live Oak Post Office on Saturday in preparation of Monday’s opening. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
    A mail sorting station is moved into the new Live Oak Post Office on Saturday in preparation of Monday’s opening. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
  • Old small buggies that hadn’t been used by the United States Postal Service for several decades, according to Live Oak Postmaster Blair Beatty, had still played a vital role at the Live Oak Post Office due to its cramped quarters. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
    Old small buggies that hadn’t been used by the United States Postal Service for several decades, according to Live Oak Postmaster Blair Beatty, had still played a vital role at the Live Oak Post Office due to its cramped quarters. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

    LIVE OAK — Monday was a bittersweet day for Blair Beatty.

    On one hand, the Live Oak postmaster and his employees had a new, spacious facility to call home.

    But, on the other, the new Live Oak Post …