According to a Facebook page devoted to saving the Arrow Rock Post Office, the U.S. Postal Service “has posted its formal proposal today to close the Arrow Rock post office and offer rural delivery out of Blackwater.” More: continued here
Read More »Stamps.com: Apple Cards Play? – Forbes
Stamps.com: Apple Cards Play?ForbesShares of Stamps.com spiked 12% today for no obvious reason. But I have to wonder if the shares were goosed by one of the smaller pieces of news to come out of today's Apple iPhone 4S launch event. Early in today's proceedings, Apple VP of iOS software …
Read More »Junking the Junk Mail Office – Wall Street Journal
Junking the Junk Mail OfficeWall Street JournalCustomers wait in line at a Philadelphia post office. In addition to rejecting a bailout and permitting bankruptcy, our political leaders should end the USPS's dysfunctional first-class mail monopoly, opening it up to private competition. …USPS could help 73m 'unbanked' people into digital economyPost …
Read More »Greg Johnson: Food stamp privileges include a bunch of junk – Knoxville News Sentinel
Greg Johnson: Food stamp privileges include a bunch of junkKnoxville News SentinelThe hand-lettered sign in a Sevier County convenience store caused me pause, not unlike my conundrum a couple of weeks ago when I saw a customer use his EBT card — aka Benefit Security Card, an electronic version of …
Read More »Doug McCallum SVP EU moves to Senior Advisor to John Donahoe – TameBay
Doug McCallum SVP EU moves to Senior Advisor to John DonahoeTameBayDoug McCallum, Senior Vice President and General Manager of eBay Marketplaces Europe, is moving to a new role as Senior Advisor to eBay Inc.'s President and CEO, John Donahoe. Doug's new role will be threefold – including Enterprise …Ebay director …
Read More »Stamp of approval on Flann O’Brien’s centenary – Belfast Telegraph
Stamp of approval on Flann O'Brien's centenaryBelfast Telegraph"The truth is that our stamps are, and always have been, deplorable: and, as the pavement artist would say, they are all our own work." So wrote Brian O'Nolan, alias Myles na gCopaleen, in his 'Cruiskeen Lawn' newspaper column in 1959. …and more » …
Read More »Starrucca Borough Continues to Face Financial Woes
The monthly Starrucca Borough Meeting was held on Oct. 3, 2011. Topics up for discussion were the financial struggle the Borough is facing, Kellogg Road repair and fighting to keep the Post Office open. More: continued here
Read More »Is the Waverly post office worth saving? – Baltimore Sun
Baltimore Sun Is the Waverly post office worth saving?Baltimore SunCity Council member Mary Pat Clarke is so angry about a US Postal Service proposal to close the post office in Waverly that she held a press conference there last month and publicly derided the plan, shouting, … More: continued here
Read More »Renovations begin on downtown post office – Chicago Sun-Times
Renovations begin on downtown post officeChicago Sun-TimesConstruction has begun on the renovation of the downtown Naperville Post Office to become the newest branch of Naperville Bank and Trust. The building will also continue to house a postal facility as well. Wight and Company, the architectural and …and more » More: continued …
Read More »Upper Salford Post Office closures get stamp of disapproval
UPPER SALFORD — The proposed closure of the Woxall Post Office is not sitting well with customers, according to Postmaster Debbie Muller. More: continued here
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