Post Office

Gretna's downtown post office to remain open, officials sayThe Times-PicayuneGretna's downtown post office has escaped the chopping block again, after its future was in doubt late last year. It was the second time since 2012, city officials mounted a vigorous campaign to preserve the facility, within walking distance of the …

To the editor: Every trip to the post office has become a quest: I have to circle the block several times, looking for that elusive space to emerge. Now that one space is dedicated to the “handicapped” among us, the task is become more daunting. One would think a handicapped …

The Atlantic Cities How the Post Office Could Make Life Easier for the PoorThe Atlantic CitiesThe financially troubled U.S. Postal Service is short on revenue, short on political good will, even short on mail to deliver in an online age. But for everything else it lacks as officials try to …

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — When Nelson Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, South Africa's post office issued a stamp with his image. It released another when Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa's first black president in the following year. Then one more when the former president turned 90 in …

NONE of the staff at Basildon Post Office have accepted transfers or new contracts with WHSmith. More: continued here

A SADDLEWORTH village has praised a police constable’s initiative to help to protect a sub postmistress. … More: continued here

National Post South African post office issues Mandela stamp on 24th anniversary of his …Fox NewsJOHANNESBURG – South Africa's postal service has issued a commemorative stamp with a portrait of Nelson Mandela on the 24th anniversary of his release from prison during white minority rule. The postal service said Tuesday …

LAVALLETTE — A leaky roof that closed the borough's post office for less than a week has been repaired, and the office opened for business again on Monday, said Ray V. Daiutolo Sr., spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service. More: continued here

Talk Radio News Service Could Bitcoin Be Answer for Profit-Starved Post Office?Businessweek“The post office might help address two major shortcomings that virtual currencies have today: lack of trust and lack of access,” Paola Piscioneri, a director of international research at the Postal Service's OIG, said in an interview. “Today, when …

Three people were being quarantined at a U.S. post office in Victorville as part of hazardous-materials incident, according to the San Bernardino County Fire Department. More: continued here