Historical society offers post office exhibitRichmond Times DispatchThanks to the participation of local residents, the CHSV exhibit includes items such as envelopes, postcards and letters with postmarks or addresses related to old post offices in the county, as well as anecdotes, stories, photos and oral histories. More: continued here
Daily Mail All England Club go on charm offensive by inviting AFC Wimbledon to Royal BoxDaily MailThe All England Club have included AFC Wimbledon on their guest list for the Royal Box for the first time as part of a charm offensive with the local community. Erik Samuelson, chief executive of the League Two club,…
Kerala first All-women Post Office opens at PMG Junction in the capital More: continued here
Pulse 2.0 eBay Acquires Two Leading Belgian Online Classifieds SitesThe Next WebE-commerce juggernaut eBay has announced that it has acquired Belgian online classifieds websites 2dehands.be and 2ememain.be (Dutch and French for 'second-hand', respectively). As a Belgian, I know that the sites are relatively popular – according to …Expanding eBay snaps up Belgium's biggest classifieds sitesITProPortalEBay acquires…
Sydney Morning Herald Royal family 'perturbed' by Mandela grave spatMail & Guardian Online"Speaking out in the media about names of the people that were laid to rest is something that perturbs [the royal house] and also affects us as the living ones. Even if Mandla Mandela won the case … there would be a necessity…
Telegraph.co.uk Business minister urges Royal Mail workers to accept pay dealTelegraph.co.ukMr Fallon added that he wanted staff to have shares in Royal Mail and the unions had been asked for their views on a final version of the scheme, which could see postal workers handed £2,000 of shares. He said: “We are looking at the…
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Lynchburg Community Market still working on plan to accept food stampsLynchburg News and AdvanceA statewide program was launched in 2011 by the Virginia Department of Social Services to allow farmers at local farmers markets to accept SNAP, previously known as food stamps, through a wireless device. In 2012, the Lynchburg Department of Health … More: continued…
County cracks down on food stamp fraudHamilton Journal News (subscription)The county spends more than $6 million a month — seven times what it spent a decade ago — distributing benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as food stamps, to the area's neediest families but county … More: continued here
Business minister Michael Fallon has urged postal workers to accept Royal Mail’s 8.6pc wage offer, comparing their deal to the cap imposed on nurses, teachers and members of the armed forces. More: continued here