Post Office

Boston Globe Arts venue possible for shuttered Somerville post officeBoston GlobeConcert promoter Don Law has bought the Union Square Post Office in Somerville, and is considering turning the historic property, which has a New Deal-era mural in its lobby, into an arts venue. Law paid $2.75 million for the building, …

The Bonne Terre Post Office has gone pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. More: continued here

Bonne Terre Post Office has gone pinkDaily Journal OnlineThe Bonne Terre Post Office has gone pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Bonne Terre Postmaster Sherry Wilson said “Pink Out The Post Office” is an event to promote the sale of the Breast Cancer semipostal stamp. “We are decorating …

The first Village Post Office in South Mississippi has officially opened at a decades-old, rural grocery store in southeast Stone County.U.S. Postal Service officials, county officials, economic developers and store employees gathered for a ribbon-cutting Friday morning at the Big Level Grocery Village Post Office in Perkinston.  More: continued here

Three caught at the post office with marijuanaMoultrie ObserverThe three were arrested after a postal service employee tipped off Colquitt County Sheriff's Office investigators that the package was scheduled for delivery that morning. But after they arrived at the post office the men showed up to pick it up in …

In an internal memo sent to Post Office staff today, South African Post Office (SAPO) Acting Chairperson HN Manzini informed staff that the parastatal has “today accepted a request from the GCEO [Chris Hlekane] for extended leave.” The memo then stated that COO Mlu Mathonsi will be acting in the …

First Village Post Office in So. Miss. opens in Stone CountyWDAM-TVSTONE COUNTY, MS (WDAM) – The first Village Post Office in South Mississippi has officially opened at a decades-old, rural grocery store in southeast Stone County. U.S. Postal Service officials, county officials, economic developers and store employees … More: continued here

L’Anse-au-Clair has found its new postmaster. More: continued here

Federal court considers guns in post officesNBC26.tvA three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the case involving Tab Bonidy, a licensed gun owner who, along with the National Association for Gun Rights, sued the Postal Service in 2010 over its ban on guns in …

The Albany Herald MAYOR DOROTHY HUBBARD: Hard work pays off for Downtown Albany post…The Albany HeraldDuring the first week in October 2012, I read in The Albany Herald that the Downtown Post Office would close by Dec. 2, 2012. Shocked, I proceeded to check with other elected officials to determine …