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Hyde Park residents get rightful ZIP code

Postal Service hears residents’ plea

By Meghan E. Irons

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 27, 2012

Residents who have long claimed Hyde Park said the 02126 code has led to great anguish, causing insurance and real estate agents to increase their rates or lower their property value. It has also lumped certain residents into Mattapan, a neighborhood they have never called home.

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