Norton Post Office makes big changesBarberton Herald20, Norton Post Office letter carriers will be based in Barberton. Norton mail will continue to be sorted at the Barberton facility, but will be picked up there by Norton carriers, rather than being delivered to the Norton office. The post office in … More: continued here
End Of An Era: Downtown Stamford Post Office ClosesThe Daily VoiceThe 97-year-old downtown Stamford Post Office closed its doors for good Friday afternoon, a city landmark that residents will miss, according to an unscientific poll of readers of The Stamford Daily Voice. Asked whether they would be inconvenienced by … More: continued here
House Passes $39 Billion Food-Stamp Cut Crimping LifelineBloombergWhen Andres Gonzalez's mother lost her job two years ago, the former student at South Texas College applied for food stamps, a federal aid program for the poor. “It gave me more time to focus on looking for work and going to school, instead of having … More:…
House approves GOP plan to slash food stamp fundingWashington Post (blog)House Republicans narrowly approved a sweeping overhaul of the nation's food stamp program Thursday that would slash about $39 billion in funding over the next decade, cut aid to about 4 million Americans in the next few years and shift the burden of … More: continued…
WASHINGTON — Food stamps have figured in Americans' ideas about the poor for decades, from President Lyndon Johnson's vision of a Great Society to President Ronald Reagan's scorn for crooked "welfare queens" and President Bill Clinton's pledge to "end welfare as we know it." More: continued here
Royal Mail workers balloted on strike actionITV NewsThe Communication Workers Union has served formal legal notice to Royal Mail of its intention to ballot members for strike action. The result will be announced on Wednesday October 16, and if members decide to strike, action could take place on October … More: continued here
Parents Sell One Direction Tickets On eBay To Punish DaughtersThe InquisitrThe mother writes on eBay: “THIS AUCTION IS FOR ALL 4 ONE DIRECTION TICKETS IN SYDNEY OCTOBER 25th. You can thank my daughters self righteous and lippy attitude for their sale. See sweety? And you thought I was bluffing. THE TICKETS ARE …and more » More: continued…
How many of the Congress members' constituents used food stamps didn't matter at all. More: continued here
Saving the US Postal Service's New Deal MasterpiecesBusinessweek (blog)The murals are among nearly 1,200 New Deal artworks that Shahn, Milton Avery, and scores of other artists created for post offices around the country under the Treasury's Depression-era Section of Fine Arts program. Many are masterpieces that are worth … More: continued here
Missing Swans kit turns up on eBaySydney Morning HeraldAn SCG Trust employee has been sacked after it was alleged he stole Sydney Swans gear estimated to be worth more than $10,000 – before selling it through online auction site eBay. As the Swans prepare for Saturday night's do-or-die preliminary final … More: continued here