Post Office

US Post Office drop boxes burglarized in Lehigh, Northampton countiesThe Express-TimesAs many as 10 U.S. Postal Service mail drop boxes have been broken into since Saturday outside post offices in Lehigh and Northampton counties, authorities said Tuesday. "We're talking about the blue collection boxes," Philadelphia-based Postal … More: continued here

Post offices in Rollingstone and Minnesota City were visited last Thursday by representatives from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to help explain the upcoming reductions to open office hours. More: continued here

USPS Plan to Reduce Hours of Gypsy Post OfficeWBOY-TVAnother local post office will cut back its hours as part of the U.S. Postal Service's plan to cut costs. The POST Plan is a review process of more than 15,000 post offices nationwide. Approximately 50 local post offices are among those …

27east.com Former Southampton Post Office To Be Auctioned Off Online27east.comBuilt in 1960, the property was purchased by Mr. Bobrow's father, Louis Bobrow, in 1975 when it housed the Southampton Village Post Office. Seeking more space, the Postal Service decamped to a new, 8,000-square-foot facility on North Sea Road in 2009. …

MyNorthwest.com How Post Office Banking Could Help the Unbanked Without CongressNext CityThis legislation would empower your local post office to provide both checking and savings accounts, offer small-dollar loans and prepaid “postal cards,” distribute money transfers worldwide, and sell other yet-to-be-defined features “as the Postal …Far From a Loser, Post …

A POST Office will close for three days while it undergoes a major revamp. More: continued here

Another local post office will cut back its hours as part of the U.S. Postal Service's plan to cut costs.The POST Plan is a review process of more than 15,000 post offices nationwide.  More: continued here

The former home of the Southampton Post Office is once again on the market, with the property’s owner set to solicit bids for the vacant building in an auction scheduled for this week. More: continued here

Update: NYPD removes suspicious package from post office in RosebankSILive.comUpdate: The NYPD Bomb Squad is seen removing the suspicious package from the scene at about 7:40 a.m. on Wednesday. Postal Service employees who evacuated have gone back inside the post office. Some of the police officers are leaving the scene. …

NYPD investigating report of suspicious package at post office in RosebankSILive.comThe report was made at 5:42 a.m.. The suspicious package is a small priority mail box that was left out in front of the post office, according to eyewitnesses. Hylan Boulevard and Tompkins Avenue are closed to traffic in the …