FG pressures Rabbitte on post offices

Cary News At the Cary post office, goodbye to old handsCary NewsCARY – Postmaster John Thompson leaned back in his office chair on Thursday morning as he thought about the goodbyes he was about to say. With five of his employees taking retirement buy-outs, the Cary post office on Wrenn Drive was losing 161 years…

Firefighters and a hazardous material team are on the scene of a Northeast Heights post office that has been evacuated. Fire department officials say the evacuation followed complaints from employees of burning eyes and coughing. More: continued here

USPS making slow progress downsizing network, OIG warnsPost and ParcelThe issue is particularly high-profile in rural areas, with the USPS planning on closing around 2000 least-used branches of its 38000-strong post office network. But while some Congressmen have urged the avoidance of facility closures in meetings this …Postal Service needs to make it workDesMoinesRegister.comall 9…

Washington, DC (AP) The struggling U.S. Postal Service now says it will try to keep hundreds of rural post offices open with shorter hours. More: continued here

Customers prepare to deluge post office gears up for rushChattanooga Times Free Pressby Carey O'Neil Jennie Hobbs addresses a present to her best friend in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the United States Post Office on Shallowford Road in Chattanooga on Monday. With Christmas less than a week away the post office was a hub of…

Post Offices in Edinburgh have been saved by Liberal Democrat Business Minister, Ed Davey. Mike Crockart MP After ending Labour’s shameful Post Office closure programme, which saw more than 7100 Post Offices disappear in their 13 years in office, Ed Davey has announced a ten-year deal between the Post Office and the Royal Mail has…