Post Office

Brevard Times Posey: Name Cocoa Beach Post Office After Richard SalickBrevard TimesCOCOA BEACH, Florida — U.S. Congressman Bill Posey (R-FL) has filed a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on February 1, 2013 to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 North Brevard Avenue …

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Lancaster Post Office preparing for changeLancaster Eagle GazettePostal worker Richard Bethea delivers mail Friday afternoon on North Mount Pleasant Avenue. The Lancaster post office announced it will cut delivery of first class mail on Saturdays, but will leave the post office open for customer service and access …Mixed local reaction …

San Francisco Chronicle Grim outlook for post office buildingsSan Francisco ChronicleThe U.S. Postal Service's move last week to end Saturday mail delivery can't bode well for efforts to save a number of historic post offices being sold in California, with possibly more to come. Currently, at least 12 post offices …

The Nation. (blog) This Week: Will Congress Save the Post Office?The Nation. (blog)“The damage associated with the curtailing of Saturday delivery will be most severe in rural areas and inner cities, where small businesses and working families rely on post offices that are already targeted for shuttering,” he writes. “It …

Misplaced blame: Congress must stop delaying needed post office reformsLongview News-JournalAnd year after year, postmasters general stood before lawmakers offering solutions. They asked to reduce delivery days. They asked to end a congressional mandate forcing the post office to borrow money to pre-fund 75 years' worth of future retiree … …

Post office plan gets mixed reactionDaily Local NewsThe news of the United States Postal Service's plan to end Saturday delivery was met with mixed reaction from local residents, despite many said they were happy to have one less day to look at bills. On Wednesday, the Postal Service said it …

Nederland Post Office for saleThe Mountain -EarA listing with a real estate broker had some Nederland residents concerned that change was going to take place in the Post Office. Not to worry. David Rupert of the U.S. Post Office Communications said that selling post office buildings happens all the … …

Chatham’s revamped post office — now a small-counter operation where it once took up most of an entire floor — could be a model for dozens of others as Canada Post struggles in an e-mail world to follow its mandate to the letter. More: continued here

Western MT post offices see reprieveKPAX-TVPublic meetings were held last week at Dixon, Paradise and other mail facilities, and spokesperson Pete Nowacki says the majority of residents who did attend recent meetings want their post office to stay open. "That's the overwhelming sentiment we are …and more » More: continued here