Post Office

With the Postal Service facing a seemingly never-ending stream of financial problems, do companies like UPS and FedEx have contingency plans in place? More: continued here

Frenemies: UPS, FedEx & the Post OfficeYahoo NewsAt UPS, for example, if you use their “Sure Post” service, packages will be delivered via UPS to your local post office, and then the mailman will take it the rest of the way. It's a service the Postal Service calls “Parcel Select.” FedEx does this as ……

The new Post Office ‘local’ service at Southcote Pharmacy, in Coronation Square will replace the old office next door, but the official date for the move is yet to be announced More: continued here

A PETITION is to be launched to have the post office in Gourock reopened. More: continued here

With the growth of Postnet and the increase in the use of email, Sapo is becoming redundant, says Gugu Lourie. More: continued here

CBS Local Small Town Way Of Life Phased Out; Canyon Post Office Faces ClosureCBS LocalThe post office here serves as more than just a place to collect letters. It's the place people gather to talk, share gossip and find out the news. But changes are coming. The longtime and beloved postmaster is about to lose…

Mike Sugerman's About the Bay travels to Canyon, where a small community is saddened by the threat of their post office's closure More: continued here

Natural gas scare prompts post office evacuationKTVOLANCASTER, MO. — A natural gas scare prompted the evacuation of a Heartland post office late Monday morning. It happened around 11:30 a.m. at the post office in Lancaster. That building on the northeast corner of the square was evacuated after someone … More: continued here

Gazette Live Delight as Normanby gets a post office again after 16 months without oneGazette LiveIn March, a petition was begun to return a post office to the village, the previous one having closed on July 5, 2013. Traders said having no post office hit the community hard, with people instead travelling to neighbouring centres…

Davenport post office hosts Batman stamp unveiling: The Davenport post office will host a special event unveiling a commemorative cache and pictorial postmark in celebration of the 75th anniversary Batman Forever series stamps release. The event will be noon today in the lobby of the main post pffice, 933 W. 2nd St. Davenport. More: continued here