Post Office

SPRINGHEAD Post Office is planning to move – but only a few hundred yards down the road. More: continued here

Mirror.co.uk Robber faked seizure to launch CS spray attack on Post Office workerMirror.co.ukA robber faked a seizure in order to launch a CS spray attack on a Post Office worker. The man collapsed on the ground pretending to be ill which led to the 41-year-old postmaster racing from a secure back room to help him….

The raid happened at the Post Office on Broadhaven Square, Miles Platting, when one man collapsed on the ground pretending to be ill More: continued here

Police have appealed for witnesses after an armed robbery at Bletchingley post office on New Year's Eve More: continued here

Local collector finds rare stamp at Waverly Post OfficeMorning TimesArt Van Riper, owner of the Broad Street Exchange, is one of only four people worldwide to have found a sheet of corrected “inverted Jenny” stamp replicas, which he recently purchased at the Waverly Post Office. Pictured, from left, are Van Riper … More: continued here

Bloomberg Businessweek: Somehow, UPS-Fedex Christmas Snafus Make the …NewsBusters (blog)Let's be extremely generous and take it as a given that the Post Office didn't have any late arrivals, and that it deserves props for delivering 75,000 packages on Christmas Day. It's hard to make an apples-to-apples comparison, but based on the quoted …and more » More: continued…

KOMO News Holiday cards, mail stolen from King County post officeKOMO News"That's a bummer," said Joe Cerne, as he stopped into the post office on Monday afternoon. "For those of us out here in the country, now they're taking away our mailboxes (at home), and so we got to come to something like this. And…

Two drive-up mailboxes were pried open and emptied sometime on or around December 16th in a rural part of King County, said sheriff's office spokeswoman Sgt. Cindi West. The vandalism fell right around the peak of holiday mailing season, and so the thieves likely made off with gift cards, checks, and other holiday packages. More:…

Technology issue at Williamsville Post Office believed resolvedBuffalo NewsInformation-technology specialists for the U.S. Postal Service and Verizon believe they have fixed a telecommunications problem that bedeviled the Williamsville Post Office for much of today, knocking the facility's self-service kiosks out of service …and more » More: continued here

Newport, Manchester Post Office damaged by fireJamaica ObserverThe building which is said to be an older type structure is reportedly out of use and is being refurbished for reopening. Reports are that at about 5:29am the fire department was alerted and one unit from Mandeville responded. The blaze which was …and more » More: continued here