With all the hue and cry over post office closures on the main streets of Iowa, I finally got one of the U.S. Postal Service managers in Washington, D.C., on the phone. More: continued here
Snohomish's Great Fire of 1911 burns the post office.HeraldNetThe fire started below the Pioneer restaurant about 4 am, May 30, 1911, on 1107 First St., and quickly spread to two blocks between Avenue B and C, burning down 35 businesses including the Penobscot Hotel, the post office and several saloons. …and more » More: continued here
Munson: Post office bigwig defends changing face of rural lifeDesMoinesRegister.comWith all the hue and cry over post office closures on the main streets of Iowa, I finally got one of the US Postal Service managers in Washington, DC, on the phone. Dean Granholm, vice president of delivery and post office operations, is the sort of…
FedEx Express (FedEx)has been named Accredited Best Employer and received a Special Commendation in the 2011 Aon Hewitt’s Best Employers in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Program. More: continued here
Memorial Day 2011: Are Banks or the Post Office Open?Gather.comStill, many individuals will be interested in knowing if banks or the US Post Office are open on the Monday holiday. Among the Memorial Day 2011 closings will be the USPS. On Monday, May 30th, 2011 there will be no mail delivery by the United States…
Frustration as pupils' school transfer letters fail to arriveBelfast TelegraphRoyal Mail, which was forced to apologise for the late delivery of transfer test results in February, has denied responsibility for this latest fiasco. “We are continuing to look into the matter, but following a thorough check we can confirm that all … More: continued here
Baltimore Sun Memorial Day eventsThe Seattle TimesMON Memorial Day services sponsored by the American Legion Post 123, 10 am Monday in front of the post office at 3211 W. McGraw St. and 11 am at the Fort Lawton Cemetery in Discovery Park, Seattle (206-909-6853). MON Honor America's fallen, …Many Memorial Day parades, ceremonies planned throughout…
By Anna ValmeroMANILA CITY, METRO MANILA— Filipino stamp collectors flocked to the Philippine Postal Corp. (PhilPost) on Monday as the agency issued special stamps commemorating the beatification of Pope John Paul II.Philpost is issuing 147,000 pieces of papal stamps that are in P7 and P4 denominations. The first day of issue of the stamps of…
WHDH-TV Fall River post office dedicated for fallen soldier who tried to make a differenceSouthCoastToday.comPhotos by David W. Oliveira/Standard-Times special Paul Barrett speaks Sunday at a ceremony to rename the Fall River post office in honor of his son, Massachusetts Army National Guard Sgt. Robert J. Barrett . , who was killed by a suicide…
York’s Post Office clock stopped ticking more than 30 years ago, leaving the town frozen in time. More: continued here