Post Office

ASHLAND – Ashland now has a new multifunctional space in an old familiar building.   More: continued here

The Guardian Post Office money card fails to deliver as Aussie holiday turns into a banking …The GuardianOn a recent trip to Australia I took a Post Office Travel Money Card to avoid excessive bank charges on ATM withdrawals. I preloaded it with A$1,600 (approx £822). In Melbourne I tried …

Would You Live in an Antarctic Penguin Post Office?SmithsonianThe BBC reports that the post office on Goudier Island has “comfortable” living conditions, but the lodgings aren't exactly hotel-quality. With no power grid, heat or hot water, limited communications and 24-hour daylight, applicants must be willing to … More: continued here

WQAD.com Taylor Ridge Post Office armed robbery suspect in custodyWQAD.comPolice say an arrest warrant was issued for a Viola, Illinois man in connection with an armed robbery at the Taylor Ridge Post Office that took place in January. According to a statement from Rock Island County Sheriff Gerry Bustos, an …

A pygmy possum has hitched a ride around southern Yorke Peninsula in South Australia in the bottom of a mail bag. More: continued here

STLtoday.com Metro East man gets 2 years for threatening to burn post office after seeking …STLtoday.comHe then threatened to burn a post office and the cars in the parking lot. Dotts told Deputy U.S. Marshal Chad Uhl that he was “having bad thoughts” and “not thinking right.” Uhl handcuffed Dotts …

Quartz 1500 applied for that penguin post office job in AntarcticaQuartzIn the two weeks since February 16, 1,500 people have applied for four positions—that's 375 applicants per spot—to be an assistant at the southernmost post office in the world in Port Lockroy, Antarctica. In 2014, the total number of applicants …

Quad City Times Viola man accused of robbing post office at gunpointQuad City TimesA Viola man who is in the Mercer County Jail awaiting trial on theft and burglary charges in that county is now charged with the Jan. 24 armed robbery of the U.S. Post Office in Taylor Ridge, …

Wilton Post Office cleared to re-openLewiston Sun JournalThe retail and box lobby was to open at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, and normal operations will resume on Saturday, Melissa Lohnes of U.S. Postal Service Corporate Communications said. The post office closed Wednesday because structural issues related to … More: continued …

Des Moines group plans hotel at former St. Paul post officeMinneapolis Star TribuneOne of downtown St. Paul's most historic buildings — the city's longtime central post office, vacant for five years — will be transformed next year into a place where you can either spend the night or hang your …