Post Office

AUSTRALIA Post is spruiking a new rural sustainability package, but local post office representatives are dismayed, labelling the plan "a disgrace". Australia Post’s PR machine spun into action, following speculation over privatisation plans and the 900 jobs cuts announced last week. More: continued here

CBS Local US House OKs Bill To Name Post Office For OfficerCBS LocalST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. House has approved a bill to rename the Cold Spring post office in honor of slain police officer Tom Decker. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann led the effort. Bachmann says renaming Decker's …

Some postal customers are receiving bogus e mails about a package delivery or online postage charges. More: continued here

An unattended package in the lobby of a post office in Atlanta turned out to be just a misplaced and not dangerous, but not before the building had to be cleared. More: continued here

HASLINGDEN Post Office is set to relocate later this month – 140 metres down the road. More: continued here

KARE U.S. House votes to name Cold Spring post office for slain officerMinneapolis Star TribuneThe U.S. House has voted to rename the Cold Spring post office in honor of slain police officer Thomas Decker, who was killed on duty in November 2012. Written by Rep. Michele Bachmann, the bill would …

Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette Updated: Burgess post office designation heads to PresidentChampaign/Urbana News-GazetteThe U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation on Tuesday night that would name the post office at 302 East Green Street as the James R. Burgess Junior Post Office Building. Burgess was the first African American …

House approves bill renaming Alden Post Office buildingBuffalo NewsADVERTISEMENT. WASHINGTON – The House on Tuesday approved a bill that aims to rename the U.S. Post Office in Alden after the late Army Sgt. Brett E. Gornewicz, an Alden native who died while serving in Afghanistan in November 2012. “It is …

The Atlanta police bomb squad was sent to a northeast Atlanta post office Tuesday afternoon to check out a package found unattended in the lobby of the post office. More: continued here

A post office in Brockport will now be named after a local, fallen hero. More: continued here