Post Office

WBEZ (blog) Saving a New Deal muralWBEZ (blog)In 1940 Smith completed “Indians Cede the Land” at the Park Ridge post office. The mural measured 6×20 feet. Depicted was an idealized scene of a Native chief and an army officer shaking hands as settlers move into a new territory. The artist …

Carbon monoxide closes Post Office Square in OrleansWicked Local- OrleansCarbon monoxide closes post office square. High levels of carbon monoxide closed Post Office Square for close to four hours on Monday. Fire Captain Geof Deering said they got a call around 7:26 a.m. and discovered that the malfunction of a …

he threat of closure to a Thorpe St Andrew post office has been lifted after details of refurbishment works and longer hours were revealed. More: continued here

Blue Springs post office gets change of addressKansas City Business Journal (blog)For a while, it appeared that local efforts to save the Main Post Office might succeed — and the city still plans to appeal. The annex that will take on the additional operations is less than a mile away, …

Socialist Worker Online Killing the post officeSocialist Worker OnlineBut postal workers point out that the crisis facing the USPS was manufactured–by, among other things, a congressional mandate that postal worker retiree health benefits must be fully funded 75 years in advance. They also note that the post office is …Lancaster …

A woman is suing a Northampton County borough and a construction company over a fall outside a post office two years ago. Jane Kot, of 1518 Highland Drive, Lower Saucon Twp., Northampton Co., filed a civil suit Monday in Northampton County Court against the Borough of Hellertown and Posh Construction …

Unattended package shuts down street in front of downtown Athens post officeOnline AthensAn unattended package in front of the downtown Athens post office that led to the shutting down of part of East Hancock Avenue today turned out to be a bag of clothing, according to a report from an …

Peaceful protests had failed to stop the closure of a post office in a village community in the heart of Cork City. More: continued here

A post office employee is accused of stealing a credit card and money from the mail. More: continued here

Post office employee accused of stealing credit card, money from mailCNYcentral.comMARCY — A post office employee is accused of stealing a credit card and money from the mail. 38-year-old Christina Dudek, of Yorkville, was arrested after a nine month investigation. She was an employee of the Oriskany post office when …