Post Office

WDTN Post office makes fix to Foodbank fundraising problemWDTNMany of those donors say when they mailed their donation back to the Foodbank in those envelopes, they were returned by the post office as “undeliverable”. The USPS says it has identified the problem as some misprinted barcodes. It implemented a new …and …

HughPickens.com writes: Ron Nixon reports in the NY Times that the United States Postal Service says it approved nearly 50,000 requests last year from law enforcement agencies and its own internal inspection unit to secretly monitor the mail of Americans for use in criminal and national security investigations, in many …

Emails to Teutopolis Post Office FalseEffingham’s News LeaderRock Westendorf, Postmaster at the Teutopolis Post Office, phoned and said he has received several phone calls today from people telling him they have received an email saying the Teuotpolis Post Office has attmepted to deliver a package. Do not open … More: continued …

Vashon, Maury post offices change with the timesVashon-Maury Island Beachcomber (subscription)The fundamental story of Vashon during the 20th century is a shift from a collection of isolated water-based communities to a single island-based community. This shift is seen particularly well in the way the island was organized at the beginning …

The U.S. Postal Service has walked away from negotiations with the City of Berkeley and the National Trust on an agreement to preserve Berkeley’s Main Post Office. The USPS refuses to respond to questions from the City of Berkeley or from Congresswoman Barbara Lee regarding the imminent sale. More: continued …

The owner of 16 Cross St., New Canaan, Conn., has filed a special permit application to construct a multi-story mixed-use building at the property, where New Canaan Lawn Equipment Inc. and Lisa's Classic Cuts are currently located. More: continued here

Reason (blog) Post Office Tracks Your Mail (Often Without Proper Authorization)Reason (blog)Public DomainThe National Security Agency's (NSA) snoopy ways with our phone calls is headed to no less than three federal appeals courts, but long before mass electronic surveillance was a glimmer in a bureaucratic voyeur's eye, the Post Office …

Frenemies: UPS, FedEx & the Post OfficeYahoo Finance (blog)But even if UPS and FedEx are only slightly reliant – it begs the question – do they have a contingency plan in place if the Postal Service experiences trouble again – not an unlikely scenario given the post office currently owes …

Washington Business Journal EastBanc Technologies signs historic Georgetown Post Office leaseWashington Business JournalThe Renaissance-style post office building opened in 1858 as the Georgetown Post Office with a Customs House for the port of Georgetown on the second floor. D.C.-based architect and design firm CORE designed the modifications of the historic …

Post Office strike: CWU revises wage demandEyewitness NewsThe union's Clyde Mervin, “The Post Office has made a proposal of appointing casuals in a 30 month period. We've countered the proposal today as an organisation and we're saying they must employ all casuals within 16 months.” The Post Office strike has … …