Village Post Office bucking the trend

Center for Research on Globalization The Push for Privatization. The War on America's Post Office | Global …Center for Research on GlobalizationThe US Postal Service, under attack from a manufactured crisis designed to force its privatization, needs a new source of funding to survive. Postal banking could fill that need. The US banking establishment has…

Postal workers scurried inside Nelson Post Office on Friday morning, but they weren’t sorting mail. They were packing up. One worker gently tapped a wooden desk and asked about its new home. Another inquired about the filing cabinet. Wherever the furniture would go, it wouldn’t stay. More: continued here

Texas post office official at center of house-buying controversyTexas Watchdog, TexasBy Jennifer Peebles | Friday, March 6th, 2009 Texas Watchdog welcomes comments about its stories and blog posts — but here are our terms of service: We want discussion to remain civil, and for commenters to refrain from obscenities and personal … More: continued here

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor The Savage Economic Development Commission (EDC) is advising the city to continue pursuing the purchase of the post office building because of its location on the city hall campus. read more More: continued here

Could we be heading to our parish halls to buy stamps and post letters?Treasury Minister Senator Philip Ozouf has suggested providing postal services at parish halls could be a solution to saving our threatened sub-post office network.He has also revealed that talks are ongoing to find another use for the Central Market branch that is…

New flats plan for former Kettering post officeNorthamptonshire Evening Telegraph, UK –5 minutes agoBy Staff Copy The owner of an axed post office has applied for permission to convert it into flats. The Hawthorn Road branch, in Kettering, was one of 15 in … More: continued here