Post Office

The Post Office network as we know it today, will be 'wiped out' unless we get Government action now, according to Paddy O'Shea, the Irish Postmaster who represents Postmasters in Cork. More: continued here

Want to end recessions, reduce inequality, prevent fraud and help immigrants? It's time to install postal banking         More: continued here

Salon How the post office could save the economy — and change your lifeSalonPostal banking is actually an old idea: Dozens of countries offer simple financial services through their posts, and here in America, Postal Savings Accounts served millions of customers from 1911-1967 (the post office still sells money orders …

Cincinnati post office ends Saturday business serviceCincinnati Business CourierNotices were sent to local businesses earlier this month that first-class mail, periodicals, standard mail and packages will no longer be accepted at the Cincinnati Business Mail Entry Unit at 990 Dalton Ave. on Saturdays as a result of low demand. More: …

The check is lost in the mail, and the post office may or may not be openBluefield Daily TelegraphAlso complicating matters is the fact that I now never know when the local post office is open or closed — and it is only open about four hours a day. And …

Post offices will be allowed to "wither on the vine" unless the Government adopts an action plan to keep them open and vibrant, it has been claimed. More: continued here

Businesses without e-services will lose custom, Rabbitte says More: continued here

Forward Times Senior Citizens and Activists Continue to Fight Historic Post Office ClosureForward TimesThe Houston Forward Times (HFT) has an update concerning the community's fight to save the historic Southmore Station Post Office located in the Third Ward community of Houston, Texas. After reporting in January that thousands of written …

A blast of cold air is on the way. Temperatures will plunge beginning … Some Gwinnett County parents are sounding off about the school district's plan … More: continued here

BB gun vandal plinks more cars, damages post officeOcalaOn Monday, deputies received four more reports, three involving damage to vehicles, including a deputy's car, and damage to the East Lake Weir Post Office over the weekend. One vehicle had dents and paint chipping on the trunk. The others had window …and …