Post Office

Businessweek Ex-Postmaster General Accuses the USPS of 'Prostituting' StampsBusinessweekThe committee was created in 1957 by then-Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield to help the U.S. Post Office Department (its name at the time) choose new stamp designs. The friction came to a head last year when the USPS issued Harry Potter stamps.Postal …

Fearing the worst, many Wellington residents showed up at Tuesday's public meeting expecting to learn that United States Postal Service officials planned to close their post office. More: continued here

Wellington to keep post office, lose post masterPrice Sun AdvocateFearing the worst, many Wellington residents showed up at Tuesday's public meeting expecting to learn that United States Postal Service officials planned to close their post office. Following information gathered via a community survey, postal agents … More: continued here

Village post office opens inside liquor storeWKYT"Post offices close kind of early in the day, actually so we'd be able to sell stamps," said Sharon Taylor, manager at Kwik Six Liquor. In addition to stamps, the village post office also ships flat-rate boxes. The stores that house these village post… …

USPS to Cut Anmoore Post Office HoursWDTVThe future of the Anmoore Post Office was up in the air on Wednesday evening. Town officials and post office representatives came together to discuss what steps to take in the post office's daily operations. The good news is that the post office will …

A VILLAGE Post Office is set to get a new look after a short closure of the service. More: continued here

Households' average savings set to decrease over next five years, despite up the economic recovery. More: continued here

Perrin Post Office to reduce hoursJack County HeraldUSPS.com lists the Perrin Post Office's hours as 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. With the current hours, six hours of window service each weekday would be a reduction of …

BUDA — Buda residents will keep their post office but will see a reduction in the open window hours for customer service. More: continued here

The Fire Sale of the Post OfficesConsortium NewsIn an earlier time, U.S. post offices were more than just places to mail letters. They were noble structures, symbols of democracy, stone-and-mortar testimony to the value of community. But many are now neglected and up for sale, laments Gray Brechin. More: continued …