24/7 South Elgin PO lobby delivers a hit – Chicago Sun-Times

Last-minute registrants out of luck in San MarcosSan Diego Union Tribune, United States –27 minutes ago"Cal State San Marcos was out of them," said Mendez, 19, who arrived at the San Marcos post office at 4:45 pm to discover there were no more forms. …Monday is last day to register to voteSan Diego Union TribuneLast day to…

Post office draws huge crowd13abc Action NewsThis is the busiest mailing day of the year for the Postal Service and business is up this year. More than 12 billion cards, letters and packages will be delivered between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. On an average day, the post office processes 523 … More: continued here

Postal Service surveys Kittery Pointers on future of post officeSeacoastonline.comKittery Pointers should know that if a majority want to keep the post office open, albeit with more limited hours than the current schedule, that's the direction that will be taken by the USPS, said spokesman Tom Rizzo. “Closing it is not even on the …It's…

Post office petitionThis Is Hertfordshire, UK –15 minutes agoBy Sam Duke A PETITION to stop yet another Post Office from closing in the district has been launched by a former St Albans MP. … More: continued here

From carrying mail on horse carts and elephants to employing post-women to deliver letters, the Shimla General Post Office has stood the test of changing times More: continued here

A trusted institution, part of our civic inheritance, is being forced into a price system that strips it of meaning and function Even Margaret Thatcher hesitated when confronted with the privatisation of the Post Office . She did not think that turning the concept of "royal" into a commodity was something that would sit right…