NW Evening Mail Hectic start for post office’s rural serviceNW Evening Mail, UK –2 hours agoThe equipment is shared with the shop in Backbarrow and temporary signs will also be placed outside the Greenodd store when the post office is in operation. … More: continued here

Karen Langtree says Post Office£20 offer is too smallBasildon News, UK –2 minutes agoA MUM who was sent threatening letters because of a Post Office mix-up says the £20 compensation she has been offered isn’t enough. … More: continued here

Karen Langtree says Post Office£20 offer is too smallEssex Echo, UK –10 minutes agoA MUM who was sent threatening letters because of a Post Office mix-up says the £20 compensation she has been offered isn’t enough. … More: continued here

Last-minute mailers create longs lines at post officeKTUU, AK –2 hours agoby Channel 2 News staff ANCHORAGE, Alaska — There were long lines at the airport post office Sunday as some last-minute mailers waited to get their … More: continued here

Henley Standard Part-time post office in villageHenley Standard, UK –2 minutes agoThe part-time post office, which offers a comprehensive service, including parcels, banking and Euro exchange, is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am … More: continued here

Tin Yiu Post Office to be relocatedNews.gov.hk, Hong Kong –1 minute agoThe Tin Yiu Post Office will move to Shop L122, First Floor, Tin Yiu Shopping Centre, Tin Yiu Estate, Tin Shui Wai from December 29, the Hongkong Post says. … More: continued here

El Paso sees record rise in number of food-stamp recipientsEl Paso Times, TX –52 minutes agoEL PASO — Elizabeth Cruz and her family are among the thousands of Texans who rely on social service benefits like food stamps to get through tough … More: continued here

Christmas letters from World War I offer perspectiveKansas City Star, MO –23 minutes agoSoldiers in earlier wars had pens and paper and envelopes and stamps. Ninety years after the end of the first world war, we can take a glimpse back and see … More: continued here

Stamp on Ramasubbaiyer releasedExpress Buzz, India –1 hour agoCHENNAI: Union Communications Minister A Raja released a postage stamp on Tamil daily 'Dinamalar’s founder TV Ramasubbaiyer on Sunday. … More: continued here

Food stamps offer lifelineBoston Globe, United States –24 minutes agoWithout the $463 she receives in food stamps each month, Sylvester said, she could not afford to stay in the intensive two-year nursing program. … More: continued here