Post Office

Residents in a West Yorkshire village will be able to use Post Office services in a local store when it re-opens its doors on Thursday. More: continued here

After a contract dispute, Andy's Handy Store can't act as a full-service outpost, but hundreds of residents want that service back. More: continued here

Richmond Heights Branch Post Office manager Shirley Franklin: Five questionsPlain DealerShe wasn't hurt, but when she returned to the office, she was drenched from head to toe. Dedication at its best! The U.S. Postal Service is famed for trudging through rain, sleet and snow. How do you handle a blizzard, …

Norwich residents to discuss future of local post officeWFSBResidents in Norwich will gather for a meeting to discuss the future of an important local post office on Monday. Officials said that because of the internet and email, there just isn't as much mail as there used to be. The United …

Nearly two years after the shuttering of Ukiah's downtown post office it remains closed despite promises by secretive new owners the building will be put to good use. More: continued here

Press Herald Yarmouth store may lose post office statusPress HeraldUntil its demise in September, the Andy's Handy post office was one of 28 so-called contract postal units in Maine, those full-service post offices operated by other businesses. No new contracts have been written in at least the last year, according …

Old Ukiah post office becoming eyesoreSanta Rosa Press Democrat“This is exactly what people were afraid of, that it would become a blighted building in the middle of Ukiah,” said Alan Nicholson, a leader in the city's failed fight to save the post office from closure. Its secretive and elusive owners …

Storms devastate old Irvington post office in Indy – 4 Hours AgoThe Herald BulletinThe 1903 structure had not been used as a post office for years and had been slated for demolition in 2012. But members of the Irvington Development Organization arranged to acquire the building and were in the …

The U.S. Postal Service recorded its first revenue increase in five years, but the agency still lost $5 billion in fiscal 2013, making it the seventh consecutive year of red ink, according to newly released figures. More: continued here

FRANCE 24 Gunman opens fire in France newspaper officeNew York PostPARIS — A gunman opened fire in the lobby of a French newspaper office in Paris on Monday, gravely wounding a photographer's assistant before fleeing. Soon afterward, shots were fired at the headquarters of a major French bank west of …