PRONTO PRESS INSTALLS SIGNAGE IN BETHESDA (PHOTOS)

The "print and ship" store that recently took over the old Take 5 Boutique space on Fairmont Avenue now has an official name, and permanent signage. Pronto Press offers a variety of quick printing services, as well as worldwide shipping via several major carriers. The new store is located at 4920 Fairmont Avenue.

PRINT & SHIP STORE OPENS ON FAIRMONT AVENUE (PHOTOS)

Print & Ship Worldwide has opened in the former Take 5 Boutique space at 4920 Fairmont Avenue. The new shop offers standard printing services (flyers, business cards, invitations, etc.), and shipping via major carriers like FedEx and DHL.

Take 5 recently relocated to the Mosaic District in Fairfax, saying it was too costly to do business in Montgomery County. As you can see in these photos, some Take 5 signage remains on the storefront. The new tenants also benefit from the renovations Take 5 made to the space.

Print & Ship joins Cordell Avenue's News Express as another limited option for Woodmont Triangle residents, who were left in the lurch when both Bethesda post offices closed. The new, single downtown post office (at 6900 Wisconsin Avenue) is hardly within walking distance for residents in "Old Town" Bethesda, and USPS still has made no announcement regarding a second postal facility.

UPS STORE OPENS IN BETHESDA 20816 ZIP CODE WHILE USPS DAWDLES (PHOTOS)

The USPS has been talking for nearly a year about opening a new post office in the 20816 area of Bethesda. Such an opening is still at least a year away.

Meanwhile, UPS has leapfrogged Uncle Sam, and opened a UPS Store in 20816, at 5237 River Road.

The store replaces Anessi Salon in the Kenwood Station shopping center best known as the home of Whole Foods (or, for longtime residents, as once being a Brunswick bowling alley).

The new UPS Store has - yes - mailboxes, printing services, packing and shipping assistance, faxing and notary services...pretty much the things most people need on a regular basis.

For downtown Bethesda residents, if you weren't aware already, there is a UPS Store on Hampden Lane.