Post Office

Staff at 373 Crown post offices will strike on Easter Saturday in a dispute over shop closures, jobs and levels of pay. More: continued here

Wyandotte Business Adds Post Office ServicesPatch.comLynn Steffensky, executive director of the Wyandotte Business Association, said she recently entered Shoppers Valley Market at 3:30 p.m. and her item was shipped out of their new post office by 4 p.m.. Shoppers Valley Market's post office is a full … More: continued here

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service doesn’t have the legal authority to cut Saturday mail delivery as Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe has said it will do, the Government Accountability Office said Thursday. More: continued here

Members of the Communication Workers Union will walk out for 24 hours after backing industrial action by almost 9-1. The union said up to 4,000 workers will be involved, at 373 Crown offices – the larger sites usually situated in high streets. More: continued here

NorthJersey.com Familiar face missing from McAfee Post OfficeNorthJersey.comWhat Tintle does treasure are the generous, thoughtful McAfee Post Office customers and co-workers who became like a second family over the 24.5 years. She is now content to chill at home, do some volunteer work and act as "grandma chauffeur" to her …

The Government Accountability Office said the post office did not have the authority to stop mail delivery on Saturdays without Congressional approval. More: continued here

Historic Post Office Will Close SoonPatch.comVenice's New Deal era Post Office was sold to film producer Joel Silver, who will convert it into his private offices for Silver Pictures. But he has to adhere to strict restoration standards, and is currently restoring a 1941 mural by Edward Biberman … More: …

For 24.5 years, Pat Tintle manned the counter of the McAfee Post Office , beginning as a clerk and retiring as an OIC- Officer in Charge. As of Jan. 31, an extremely happy Tintle is officially retired from her almost quarter of a century job. More: continued here

The Government Accountability Office said there was no legal basis for the post office to reduce mail deliveries. More: continued here

Harvard Press Still River Post Office: Village NomadHarvard PressIt is welcome news that the Still River Post Office is staying put for now, especially since it has had such a nomadic history. Although the first postmaster of Still River was appointed in 1855, it took a century for the U.S. …