The heat's back on at Longmont's US Post OfficeLongmont Daily Times-CallLynn Anderson, owner of Building Automation Controls, works to install an electronic control on a new heating unit, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at the Longmont Post Office. The Post office had been without heat for more than a month while …
Read More »Vincent Sombrotto, Who Led Postal Strike, Dies at 89 – New York Times
New York Times Vincent Sombrotto, Who Led Postal Strike, Dies at 89New York TimesVincent Sombrotto, who as a rank-and-file letter carrier led a wildcat strike that shut down post offices across the country in 1970, prompting President Richard M. Nixon to call out the National Guard, and who went on …
Read More »Is Post Office Traffic a Mess? – Patch.com
Is Post Office Traffic a Mess?Patch.comDropping off the mail at the post office is a pretty standard operation. However, it seems that chore is a bit of an adventure in Menomonee Falls. Since the two Falls post office locations merged into one facility at N85W16110 Appleton Ave., dropping … More: …
Read More »Retiring Columbia post office employees say goodbye to 'family'
It doesn't strike you as particularly homey. In fact, the post office inside the American City Building in downtown Columbia looks like any other postal facility — people waiting in line, their minds somewhere off in the distance. More: continued here
Read More »Late-night post office drinking party ends in three arrests
Three very drunk men were found in the early morning hours passing around beer and smoking inside the lobby of a closed U.S. post office on Highland Avenue, police said. More: continued here
Read More »Old Post Office under contract – Northwest Arkansas News
Northwest Arkansas News Old Post Office under contractNorthwest Arkansas NewsThe owner of the old post office building in the center of the downtown square has agreed to sell the historic building to an undisclosed buyer, Mark Risk, listing agent with The Real Estate Consultants, confirmed Wednesday. "It's under contract," Risk …
Read More »Tilden Post Office to trim hours – KSAT San Antonio
NorthJersey.com Tilden Post Office to trim hoursKSAT San AntonioAs part of the United States Postal Services "POST Plan" to deal with its financial troubles, the hours of operation at the Tilden Post Office are being trimmed to six hours a day. "This is the only post office in the whole …
Read More »Post Office to install flag pole – The Sun
Post Office to install flag poleThe SunA decision by the Osceola Village Board Jan. 8 paved the way for a flag pole to be installed in front of the Osceola Post Office. The Post Office has been without a flag since restoration work began on the building next door, which …
Read More »Post office closure meetings scheduled
BAR HARBOR — Community meetings are scheduled at a number of area post offices that are slated for either reduced hours or closure. The changes are at part of a national United States Postal Service (USPS) cost-cutting strategy. More: continued here
Read More »As one era ends, another begins in downtown Reno
The lobby of the old downtown Reno post office. The historic building closed at the beginning of the year. / Marilyn Newton/RGJ ISSUE: Downtown post office closed OUR VIEW: The building, opened in 1934, has served the community well and deserves to be treated with respect in its new role …
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