Baseball, post office, YMCA all on way to Avon this yearThe Plain Dealer – cleveland.com, OHA new post office building on Detroit Road will be completed this year, Smith said. The project cost is $1.25 million and a rental contract has been made with the US Postal Service. In conjunction with …

Royal Mail Targets…Aim168 Real Estate (press release), United Arab EmiratesThe Royal Mail Smile Calendar application allows Facebook’s more than 150 million users to create and customise a calendar with ‘feel good dates’ such as birthdays, anniversaries or parties instead of work meetings. These dates can easily be shared … More: continued …

Will those higher-cost stamps finally mean better service?Lake Forester, ILWe were just recovering from the 5 percent increase a few months ago, just got our postage meter used to 42 cents and now we get ANOTHER increase for May for ANOTHER two cents…up to 44 cents a stamp! The increased rates …

Post box return ruled outThe Press, York, UKBy Jennifer Coles » AN elderly couple have spoken of their frustration that Royal Mail has not re-instated a postbox outside their house, four months after they first complained. William Bradshaw, 95, and his wife, Joan, 86, of Church Street, Norton, … More: continued …

Krueger on Food Stamp AccessGotham Gazette, NYUnder the old rule, healthy people with no dependents were limited to three months’ worth of food stamps in a three year span. The New York Times reported this week that Bloomberg administration officials insisted they are “not obligated to extend … More: continued here

Main post office starts passport appointmentsLouisville Courier-Journal, KYThe Louisville Main Post Office, 1420 Gardiner Lane, has begun requiring an appointment to apply for passports on Saturdays. An appointment is not required to apply for a passport at the Main Post Office on weekdays, but applicants may have to stand in … …

Nairn postie recognised for ‘first class’ workAberdeen Press and Journal, UKCARING: With wife Mandy, Hugh McBean, who has been shortlisted for a Royal Mail award. David Whittaker-Smith A HIGHLAND postman whose family offers respite care to children with special needs is in the running for a prestigious award for his community …

The Memphis men’s basketball team caused a controversy recently when it planned to wear uniforms featuring the colors of its main sponsor, FedEx. More: continued here

MP under fire over Royal Mail plansDumfries and Galloway Standard, UKA REBELLION in Westminister against plans to privatise part of Royal Mail has not been backed by local MP Russell Brown. The Dumfries and Galloway Labour member has yet to follow more than 100 backbenchers who have signed a motion condemning …

Nairn postie recognised for ‘first class’ workAberdeen Press and Journal, UKCARING: With wife Mandy, Hugh McBean, who has been shortlisted for a Royal Mail award. David Whittaker-Smith A HIGHLAND postman whose family offers respite care to children with special needs is in the running for a prestigious award for his community …