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Temperature rising…Post office needs more money9&10 NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — Massive losses are prompting the post office to seek a rate hike. The amount of the increase and likely date for it are being announced … More: continued here

Vanderpool Post Office still open, for nowThe Bandera BulletinLate last year the US Postal Service announced it was going to close selected post offices. In the Bandera County area, Vanderpool on Bandera County's west end was the only office set to close. Vanderpool Postmaster Jeanne Lyssy said the Vanderpool PO … More: continued here

Forty years after it was erected, Brownsville's main post office at Los Ebanos Boulevard and Old Alice Road is getting a minor face-lift. There was a time not long ago when we might have gotten a new post office instead. Hurricane fencing surrounds the Los Ebanos work area, which on a recent… More: continued here

Run, run to the Rudolph Post Office – Sentinel-Tribune: HomeSentinel-TribuneThe tiny town of Rudolph, population 450, will be a flurry of activity in December as thousands upon thousands of letters arrive for the coveted Rudolph the …and more » More: continued here

Post Office Plan May Revolutionize the Financial Lives of the UnbankedDailyFinancepublished a letter on the Huffington Post endorsing a plan (based on a proposal from the Post Office's Office of the Inspector General) to allow the U.S. Postal Service to partner with banks to provide "bill paying, check cashing, [and] small loan …No, The Post…

Sykesville crunches numbers on School House, post officeCarroll County TimesSYKESVILLE — The Sykesville Town Council crunched the numbers for how to fund the Historic Colored School House's site improvements and the Old Main Line Visitors Center and Post Office Monday evening. The Historic Colored School House currently …and more » More: continued here