Post Office

Hubbard Lake Post Office to make changes to stay openAlpena NewsHUBBARD LAKE A rural post office in Alcona County will shorten its hours of operation rather than be closed, officials said Wednesday. The Hubbard Lake facility is one of 20 rural post offices in the area that are undergoing modifications. …

HUBBARD LAKE A rural post office in Alcona County will shorten its hours of operation rather than be closed, officials said Wednesday. The Hubbard Lake facility is one of 20 rural post offices in the area that are undergoing modifications. More: continued here

Berkeleyside Berkeley residents lash out at planned post office saleSan Jose Mercury NewsBERKELEY — Around 200 people rallied Tuesday evening at the Maudelle Shirek Building, with the nation's first postmaster, Ben Franklin, (channeled by monologuist Josh Kornbluth) in an effort to save the city's 99-year old post office from a …

Lapdog non sequiturs: WaPo frets over more gun dealers than post officesTwitchyIn response, don't be surprised if you see Democrats use this gun shop vs. post office argument to make the point that there are more than enough gun shops across the country where private dealers could drop off records …

After the meeting where some 50 people had spoken against the sale of the landmark building, Save the Berkeley Post Office organizers questioned whether postal officials had taken their concerns seriously More: continued here

Re: Samuel M. Rosen’s March 1, letter, "Post Office closure”: I would like to clarify that the proposal shared at the community meeting on Jan. 23 is to relocate the Newbury Park Station to another location within the community, not to close it. More: continued here

Road Rage, Assault at Bala Post Office, Police SayPatch.comSimple assault, road rage: Police responded to the Bala Cynwyd Post Office at 5:14 p.m. on Feb. 19 on report of a fight in progress. When police arrived, one man involved in the fight had already left; the victim told police he …

Post office relocationVentura County StarWhile it is true that the congressionally-mandated prepayment of future retiree health benefits has been a driver of recent U.S. Postal Service (USPS) net losses, it is not the only encumbrance putting pressure on our finances. There still would have … More: continued here

Laughlintown post office faces cuts to retail hours of operationTribune-Review“The POST Plan is a strategy we have developed to maintain smaller post offices rather than close them,” said Tad Kelley, a spokesman from the postal service's Pittsburgh district. “It is the driving force behind all of the cost-reduction and … …

South Pekin Post Office Asks Customers for InputCIproud.comIt asks customers if they'd like the office to stay open with reduced hours, to close and operate out of a local business, to close and move P.O boxes to a nearby post office, or to close and only provide roadside mailbox delivery. …