With Christmas only one week away, the Fallon branches of the United States Postal Service received more than 18,000 parcels through early December. “The mail volume is pretty close to last year’s,” said Postal Supervisor Cliff DeLude. The lobby at Fallon’s main post office at 120 N. Maine St., was …

Toboggans are hot, county's quick eBay sale showsChicago TribuneAP Cook County's Forest Preserve District put 70 toboggan sleds on sale on eBay and they sold out in just seven minutes. In a similar sale in January, …Toboggans For SaleSouthtown Star (blog)Last Of Forest Preserve Toboggans Sold OffCBS2 Chicagoall 4 news …

Post office temporarily out of stampsLaconia CitizenA sign informed customers that there were no stamps, causing some consternation, but Buddy Witts, postmaster in Laconia, said the shortage involved only … More: continued here

If you have been by the Martinez post office recently, you might have noticed some changes in the landscape. More: continued here

A woman mailing Christmas cards at a Rock Hill post office was robbed and flashed by a man, police said. More: continued here

Calls for future of Blackpool landmarkBlackpool GazetteCALLS have been made for Royal Mail to make a decision about the future of its former post office in Blackpool. … More: continued here

Amarillo, TX – At the time when they need it most, the money just isn’t coming in to the Amarillo post office like it used to. More: continued here

No one can say San Diego retiree Shelley Plumb mailed it in. She gathered 1,300 signatures late this past summer to protest the potential closure of the University City post office near her home. It helped stave off the threat. More: continued here

Post office closures loomSan Diego Union TribunePostal worker Mark Stevens changed a lock on a post–office box at the Golden Hill post office on C Street. … More: continued here

Staff Report The only U.S. Post Office in the region on the short list to be closed has won a reprieve. The United States Postal Service has announced that the Southgate Post Office on Siesta Drive is no longer on the chopping block. More: continued here