Post Office

Bakersfield Now Milk stamp draws line at San Francisco post officeSacramento BeeAIDS Memorial Quilt creator Cleve Jones, who was an aide to Milk, and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who won an Oscar for the 2008 movie "Milk," joined dozens of people who lined up at the Castro post office to …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former West Tennessee corrections officer who faces the federal death penalty if convicted on charges of fatally shooting two U.S. postal workers during a robbery plans to change his not guilty plea. More: continued here

KPVI News 6 Change of Plea in Tennessee Post Office ShootingsABC NewsProsecutors say Montgomery and his 18-year-old son tried to rob the rural post office, but they became angry and began shooting after they realized it had just $63 to steal. Federal prosecutors said last year they would be seeking …

New Village Post Office opens in Miss.Sacramento BeeThe Postal Service introduced the village post office model in 2011 as an alternate retail location for postal products and services, especially in rural communities. Local businesses contract with the Postal Service to offer stamps, flat-rate …and more » More: continued here

RH  announced today the opening of RH Greenwich, The Gallery at the Historic Post Office on Friday, May 16, 2014, at 310 Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich, Connecticut. More: continued here

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has become the latest test site for the United States Postal Service's new business model in an attempt to help shave costs and stop the federal agency from hemorrhaging funds. More: continued here

Small-town post offices fill nicheDaily CommercialHundreds of folks in both towns get weekday and Saturday mail from their mail boxes at the post office; some residents even spend leisure time chatting with neighbors and postal service employees while getting mail or buying postage stamps. The post… More: continued here

CBS Local Landscaper May Face Federal Charges For Injuring Birds Outside Oakland Post…CBS LocalOAKLAND (CBS SF) — A Bay Point tree trimmer could be facing federal charges for trimming trees outside a downtown Oakland post office earlier this month where protected birds were nesting, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service …

Boston Globe Postal union targets Staples over mail services programBoston GlobeThe announcement last year drew little notice: The long-troubled United States Postal Service was teaming up with equally distressed retailer Staples Inc. to offer mail services in 82 of its office supply stores. Initially pitched as a modest public …Post …

The Virginian-Pilot Failed Chesapeake post office robbery yields nearly 5 yearsThe Virginian-PilotIt's not often someone tries to rob a post office, compared to, say, a bank. So when Charles Goodman walked into a Chesapeake post office in October carrying a lunchbox that he said contained a bomb, employees thought he …