A Town Prepares With The Petits – Hartford Courant (blog)

It was a steady line, but the post office wasn't overwhelmed with people rushing to file their taxes. More: continued here

Boston Globe Not-so-green acresBoston Globe, United States –2 hours agoUnlike Post Office Square, the Greenway lacks shade. Thousands of shrubs, saplings, and flowers have been planted, but most of the trees are years from … More: continued here

Town's request to open Village Post Office deniedConcord MonitorThe United States Postal Service has rejected a request by the Boscawen Historical Society to allow for the creation of a “Village Post Office,” a cause the group has been pursuing since the town's post office closed in January 2012. “I think it really … More: continued…

CBS News What the Postal Service wants nowCBS NewsThe post office also takes hits for perceived bad service, including Reddit threads devoted to consumer complaints about lackluster home delivery attempts. One thread on Amazon's site has 1,000 posts under the title, "Amazon, Quit shipping via USPS and …Postal Service bets on higher stamp prices to fix…

NBC Chicago (blog) Emanuel Seizes Old Main Post Office, Plans RedevelopmentNBC Chicago (blog)Chicago's Community Development Commission voted Monday to recommend Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to use eminent domain to take control of the vacant Old Main Post Office. "Today the city of Chicago took a major step towards redeveloping the …and more » More: continued here

CBS Local Several Local Post Offices To Remain OpenCBS LocalCustomers wait in line at the Gateway Center Post Office on Stanwix Street in downtown Pittsburgh. (Credit: KDKA) PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A few months ago, KDKA-TV told you about massive cuts within the United States Postal Service that would result in the …7 post offices in…