The decision follows a successful trial of the service in around 750,000 homes in seven parts of the country – including Swansea, Norwich, Edinburgh and Wigan – since November last year. More: continued here

Scotsman Royal Mail pays £1m compensation over damaged and missing postScotsmanTHE Royal Mail has been forced to pay out almost £1 million in compensation to Scottish customers in the past year, it emerged yesterday. Figures show that homeowners and businesses in Scotland made a total of 79620 complaints about lost, …

Chicago Tribune Its future uncertain, Geneva post office caught in red tapeChicago TribunePatrons of the post office in west suburban Geneva's quaint downtown might notice new signs of life, with new paint on the exterior and a restored Depression-era mural inside. Despite these improvements, the building was held up as …

Keller post office evacuated, 5 people treated for irritationFort Worth Star TelegramKELLER — Five people were treated Tuesday afternoon for eye and skin irritation after a chemical spray was released in the lobby of the city's post office, according to a news release. The office was evacuated, and a "person …

GPB Food Stamps and the Farm BillNew York TimesThe version of the farm bill that emerged from the Senate Agriculture Committee contains $4.5 billion in cuts to the food stamps program over 10 years. That amount is a small fraction of the nation's spending on food stamps, currently nearly $80 …

Last week, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the Geneva post office as one of the nation’s 11 most endangered historic places. More: continued here

Foxboro Post Office building to closeAttleboro Sun ChronicleFOXBORO — The town's Wall Street Post Office building will be closed and put up for sale, and Foxboro's carrier routes will be moved to the Mansfield Post Office under a plan announced to workers Tuesday. But Foxboro will still have a post …

Foxboro post office to close, merge with MansfieldAttleboro Sun ChronicleFOXBORO — Foxboro's post office building at 15 Wall St. will be closed and put up for sale, and Foxboro's carrier routes will be moved to the Mansfield post office at 12 Giles Place under a plan announced to workers Tuesday. …

Lilac bushes and flagpole at former post office were 'big end' of bargainWaterloo Cedar Falls CourierThe city had paid the US government $42000 and now had the official deed to the old post office building. The "Over the Specs" column reported that the remodeling for various offices and decisions about …

Views and News from Norway Norway Post to shut down almost all post officesPost and ParcelNorway Post was given the green light by lawmakers yesterday to make standalone post offices virtually extinct. The Post said government proposals to convert a final 149 post offices into postal counters offered within partner-run …