This Guy's Trying to Visit All 31272 Post OfficesBusinessweekCourtesy Evan KalishEvan KalishEvan Kalish is a 27-year-old single guy with two Ivy League degrees who lives in Queens, N.Y., and he is determined to visit every single post office in the country. Given the precarious financial state of the U.S. Postal …
Read More »It’s official: Downtown Norwich will keep its post office – Norwich Bulletin
It's official: Downtown Norwich will keep its post officeNorwich Bulletin"This is just a great boost to the city, and to have that building empty on that end of downtown would be one further devastation for a key gateway," Mayor Deb Hinchey said during an afternoon press conference in the Norwich …
Read More »La Jolla Post Office Task Force to mark second anniversary this Saturday, Jan. 25 – La Jolla Light
La Jolla Post Office Task Force to mark second anniversary this Saturday, Jan. 25La Jolla LightThe La Jolla Historical Society's Save Our La Jolla Post Office Task Force — formed Jan. 27, 2012 to fight the U.S. Postal Service's planned sale of La Jolla's historic post office and relocation of …
Read More »One Man's Quest to Visit All 31,272 Post Offices
Evan Kalish as been to 5,758 so far, but other post office fans have been to far more More: continued here
Read More »Customers smiling as Danville post office reopens – Washington Post
Customers smiling as Danville post office reopensWashington PostThe post office was closed on Dec. 2. after an inspection found chipping paint in back rooms that hadn't been painted since the 1970s. U.S. Postal Service spokesman Tad Kelley tells the Danville Register & Bee (http://bit.ly/1dvl7NA ) that the paint …and more » …
Read More »Customers smiling as Danville post office reopens – WRIC
Customers smiling as Danville post office reopensWRICDANVILLE, Va. (AP) – Customers at the downtown Danville post office are smiling again. The post office reopened Tuesday following a shutdown that lasted more than a month. The post office was closed on Dec. 2. after an inspection found chipping paint …and more » …
Read More »Why Old Post Offices Still Matter – The Atlantic Cities
Why Old Post Offices Still MatterThe Atlantic CitiesI'm talking about the humble post office. Unfortunately, modern communication options being what they are, the functions of the post office aren't as singular as they once were. As a result, business and revenues for the U.S. Postal Service have … More: continued …
Read More »Danville post office reopens after weeks-long closure
Customers at the downtown Danville post office are smiling again. More: continued here
Read More »Italy may raise 6 billion euros in sale of post office stake – government source
Italy could raise as much as 6 billion euros (4.90 billion pounds) to lower the European Union's second-biggest debt in the planned sale of up to 40 percent of the national post office service, a government source said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Enrico Letta's government will likely examine a bill …
Read More »Post office workers taken to hospital after poisonous leak
Two postal workers have been taken to hospital after what now appears to be a poisonous substance leaked from a parcel in a Marupe post office. The substance is believed to be glue for boats and other fibreglass products, police say, whilst the post office is currently closed pending invesitgations. …
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