Post Office

83-year-old driver hits post office with carJuneau Empire (subscription)An elderly man trying to park his car at the Mendenhall Post Office Thursday accidentally hopped the curb and struck the building, causing an estimated $3,500 worth of damage, police said. Post office employees said the collision shook the building … More: …

Hunt for fired man in deadly LI office shootingNew York PostA disgruntled contractor opened fire in his old Long Island office Wednesday — killing a former co-worker and critically injuring his former boss in an attack that caused a lockdown at the nearby Roosevelt Field Mall. The gunfire at the …

Post Office allegedly awards $1.3B in non-competitive contractsWashington TechnologyAccording to a recently published inspector general's audit, over the past few years, the U.S. Postal Service has purchased $1.3 billion worth of services non-competitively, according to Federal Times. The postal service allegedly spent $210 million … More: continued here

The Canada Post office on Queen Street is hosting a party. More: continued here

SunHerald.com Gulfport post offices prepare to defend stamp sales titleSunHerald.com"The stamps are sold all year, but because October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, there's a bigger emphasis in October, and here in the Postal Service, we have a friendly competition among post offices around the nation." Since the stamps were … …

Washington Post More Expensive Stamps Won't Save the Post OfficeTIMEThe U.S. Postal Service is requesting a postal rate hike that would generate $2 billion annually. That sounds like a lot of money – until you realize how deep the U.S.P.S. is in the hole. On Thursday, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe …

BOSTON ( MainStreet ) — The press release reads like Architectural Digest , describing design that will be a nod to American's European heritage with references to Romanesque elements. More: continued here

Drugs targeted in post office burglaryAlpenhorn NewsRick Ells, commander of the Twin Peaks Sheriff's Station, told The Alpenhorn News Monday that prescription medications appear to be the only things taken by thieves who broke into the tiny, post office substation late on the evening of Sept. 17 or in …and …

THE POST Office has moved to reassure Bromsgrove residents that it will be doing its best on Monday (September 30) to maintain the level of service at its High Street counter, despite strike action. More: continued here

WASHINGTON — It soon could cost 49 cents to mail a letter. More: continued here