Post Office

Merrie Dickinson, left, officer in charge of the Glen Ellen Post Office, helps Aaron Cargile with his mail in Glen Ellen, on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. The Postal Service will end the delivery of first-class mail on Saturdays in August. More: continued here

The Post Office is seeking partnerships with retail firms for 70 of its main high street branches, saying the move will help them remain in their current locations. More: continued here

Reducing the workload: Post office to cut Saturday deliveryGreat Falls TribuneNick Liston, a letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service, walks his route along 2nd Avenue South on Wednesday afternoon. The postal service plans to cut back to five-day-a-week delivery except for packages to stem its financial losses, eliminating …US …

The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays, which former Lynn District Postmaster Thomas Costin called a very sad day. More: continued here

PRI’s The World US Post Office's Southernmost Branch at Amundsen-Scott South Pole StationPRI’s The WorldThe US Postal Service has announced it plans to stop delivering mail on Saturdays. The financially struggling agency says the move could help it save as much as $2 billion a year. But it could delay …

Although there had been talk of drastic changes on the horizon for the United States Postal Service, Fond du Lac Postmaster Ed Graczyk was caught off guard by the official announcement Wednesday morning that the USPS would discontinue Saturday mail delive More: continued here

Customers in a Norfolk village could soon be sending their post and parcels and paying their bills at the local pub. More: continued here

A busy town centre post office was reopened today after bosses ordered its sudden closure. More: continued here

Maine delegation opposes post office hour limitsBoston HeraldAUGUSTA, Maine — Members of Maine's congressional delegation are unhappy with a U.S. Postal Service plan to eliminate regular Saturday mail delivery beginning in August. Democratic Reps. Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree sent a letter to … More: continued here

WASHINGTON — Faced with billions of dollars in losses, the U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday, Feb. 6, that it would seek to stop Saturday delivery of letters, a sweeping change that drew criticism from postal unions, businesses and lawmakers. More: continued here