Developers who bought Reno’s historic downtown post office want to turn the art-deco building into a retail center. / Marilyn Newton/USA Today • Of the 31,300 United States Postal Service branches around the nation, about 8,900 are owned by the government while the rest are leased. More: continued here

POST Office staff are set to go on strike at two branches in north Essex. More: continued here

McClatchy Washington Bureau Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts: We must cut food stamps to save themMcClatchy Washington BureauMore information About 939,000 Missouri residents receive food stamps, or one in every seven people in the state, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington think tank. In Kansas, that …

NEWS that a Poole post office is to be modernised and have its opening hours increased to more than 44 hours a week have been welcomed. More: continued here

Workers at hundreds of Crown Post Offices are to strike on Easter Saturday in a dispute over closures, jobs and pay. More: continued here

Gouverneur workshops aim to teach eBay sales strategiesNorth Country NowGOUVERNEUR – Sessions in an “eBay University” series start March 23 to teach secrets to successful eBay sales. Course attendees will learn the fundamental skills needed to become to sell on eBay. Successive sessions will focus on subjects such as … …

EcommerceBytes Software glitch WIPES OUT listings of 10000 eBay sellersRegistereBay has confessed to The Register that a software bug destroyed the listings of 10,000 merchants in Britain, the US, Germany and Australia. The online tat bazaar said it was restoring the listings, but it was unable to tell us if …

Still River Post Office to stay; will 'realign' hoursHarvard Press"We're here to announce that we're not closing Still River Post Office." These words of Michael Foley, Lincoln Postmaster and Post Office Review Coordinator, fell on the welcoming ears of 20 or so Still River residents who had gathered at the …

Representatives of FedEx Ground are still negotiating with neighbors of a proposed transportation hub on the West End, hoping to win over opponents before the Billings City Council meets Monday. More: continued here

Royal Mail employees will be offered shares in the businessSouth West BusinessRoyal Mail employees will be offered shares in the company when it is privatised in the coming year, the Government has confirmed. Business Minister Michael Fallon said its 130,000 staff should share in the Royal Mail's success. He told …