Post Office

Hours reduction going into effect at hundreds of rural Maine post officesBangor Daily NewsPORTLAND, Maine — Fifty-five small Maine post offices have implemented reduced hours as part of the United States Postal Service's attempt to save money. Nearly 200 more will follow suit by the end of 2014. Across the …

Saturday is the last day to buy gifts for the Operation Santa program. The program gives people the chance to “play Santa” for kids in need during the holidays So far, the Chicago Post Office has collected around 20,000 letters … More: continued here

A small post office in south-central Kentucky is being put up for auction. More: continued here

MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Plans are moving forward to rename a suburban Detroit post office in honor of a U.S. Marine from Michigan who died in 2010 while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. More: continued here

Plans pass Senate to rename post office for MarineWashington Examiner(AP) — Plans are moving forward to rename a suburban Detroit post office in honor of a U.S. Marine from Michigan who died in 2010 while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. U.S. Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan says the Senate recently …

Wall Street Journal Condolences Pile Up at Newtown Post OfficeWall Street JournalPostmaster Cathy Zieff sorts through some of the generally addressed condolence mail that has arrived at the U.S. Post Office in Newtown, Conn., following the deadly shooting spree a week earlier at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Postmaster Cathy Zieff …

Coastal Bend children get help from post office with letters to Santa ClausCorpus Christi Caller TimesEvery year the Dr. Hector P. Garcia Post Office passes on 300 letters to the man in red. Before Postmaster Cathy Polderman sends them on to the North Pole, she checks them for complaints and …

Northfield post office traffic sees last-minute Christmas mailSouthernminn.comU.S. Postal Service Sales Associate Mike Peterson said traffic at the post office picked up earlier this week, with probably twice as much as usual, but it started to slow down a little into the second half of the week. But, will customers' …

Post Office denies local woman of personal mailKGET 17A local woman says the Post Office refuses to deliver her mail after she moved her curbside mailbox. Kelley McMillan said it was there for decades and needed repairs. "My mailman parks on the street, he walks the whole neighborhood and delivers …

A local woman says the Post Office refuses to deliver her mail after she moved her curbside mailbox. Kelley Mc M illan said it was there for decades and needed repairs. "My mailman parks on the street, he walks the whole neighborhood and delivers mail to everybody's house, except mine. …