Greenwich Time While eligible, thousands denied Massachusetts food stampsPress HeraldBOSTON — Efforts to modernize the state's food stamp program and weed out fraud have left thousands of eligible residents without benefits, according to advocates for the poor. The problems were created by a new data-mining program that matches food …Report: Effort to curb food stamp fraud…
Texarkana post office movingArkansas OnlineTEXARKANA –United States Postal Service officials announced plans to move out of Texarkana's federal building but say they are committed to maintaining an office in downtown Texarkana. Postal Service spokesman McKinney Boyd said the relocation is …and more » More: continued here
IllinoisHomePage.net Post office renamedIllinoisHomePage.netThe post office on Green Street has been re-named after James Burgess, Jr. His family says the spot is fitting. They say he spent his life serving people. And when you think about what the post office does, it connects people from all over. So now his …and more » More: continued here
Bill Stamps fatally shot near Maywood homeWLS-TVSuburban businessman Bill Stamps was shot and killed Thursday night as he sat in his car outside of his Maywood home, police said. "I don't know how I'm going to go on without him. He was my life," said Selena Stamps, victim's widow. Moments after … More: continued here
A YORKSHIRE couple who are lifelong fans of Whisky Galore have bought the only post office on the remote Hebridean island of Barra, where the film was shot. More: continued here
Music Times 7 Highest Priced Records on eBay Right Now: The Beatles, Elvis Presley and …Music TimesThat inspired us to check out what the highest-priced albums on eBay were at the moment, and readers ate it up, so we've decided to keep it going, looking at every LP priced at more than $1,000 on the…
Bill Stamps was shot and killed Thursday night as he sat in his car outside of his Maywood home. More: continued here
Norwich appeals decision to close Yantic post officeNorwich BulletinNORWICH – Norwich Mayor Deb Hinchey and a state lawmaker representing the city have appealed a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to close the Yantic post office permanently. The facility has not been open since February 2012. In its Jan. 26 decision …and more » More: continued…
THEY get just one Royal Mail delivery a week but the inhabitants of a remote Scottish island will celebrate a red letter day next week with the launch of their own postage stamps. More: continued here
Wall Street Journal A Half-Baked GOP Plan for Food StampsWall Street JournalSNAP, formerly known as the food-stamp program, provides a lifeline for senior citizens, persons with profound disabilities, and working families with children relying on part-time hours at a minimum-wage job. Four out of five SNAP recipients are …MGCCC to give workforce training for SNAP…