Post Office to close 25 branches (BBC News)

(Reuters) – The U.S. Postal Service, worn down by years of multibillion-dollar losses and facing insolvency next month, is lobbying Congress to pass a measure allowing it to overhaul its business model. More: continued here

AL.com Sewell moves to name Selma post office after civil rights activist Amelia Boynton RobinsonAL.comTerri Sewell, D-Birmingham, introduced legislation Thursday to name the Selma post office after Amelia Boynton Robinson, the civil rights activist and first black woman to run for Congress in Alabama. Robinson, who was beaten during Bloody Sunday and … More: continued here

KITV Honolulu 3 Oahu Post Offices to open Sunday before ChristmasKITV HonoluluThe Airport (Main) Post Office is also featuring a drive-by station in its parking lot for customers to drop off prepaid packages and mail. Customers who prepay and print out their postage at USPS.com will be able to drive up and drop off their…

Post office possum set to go bushThe Border MailThe possum has been cared for since October by Kerry Hutchinson at her Albury home after he was found by a student at the Albury post office in Kiewa Street. “The TAFE student picked him up from the ground and took him to their engineering class before…

Lost packageJakarta Post, Indonesia –1 hour agoWe have visited three post offices including local, district and central post offices. I was impressed by the welcome of all post office workers, … More: continued here

Daily Bulldog Temple post office moving out of Hodgkins Store | Daily BulldogDaily BulldogTEMPLE – The Temple Post Office will no longer be located in Hodgkins Store after March 24. The current plan is to move operations to West Farmington on what the U.S. Postal Service believes will be a temporary basis. At the close…