Post Office

Public meetings to resume as USPS proposes cutting hoursBluefield Daily TelegraphIn addition to reduced window hours, the postal service plan also includes options for the closure of post offices and the addition of retail and delivery service through a rural carrier; the relocation of a post office to an alternate …

The Yuba City post office was so busy Monday afternoon that Casey Hall decided it would be faster to drive to Marysville to send a package. This year, Hall tried to get a head start on his holiday shipping. As a glass artist, he had made Christmas tree ornaments of …

Two men accused of robbing a Lincolnshire postmistress at gunpoint face a re-trial in the New Year after their case was halted for legal reasons. More: continued here

Bluefield Post Office joins Shelter Drive as drop-off siteBluefield Daily TelegraphThe post office will accept donations between the hours of 8 a.m.-6 p.m., until Friday, Dec. 14. Food, toys and blankets can also be delivered to either the Bluefield Daily Telegraph or Princeton Times offices during regular business hours, until …

ABC7Chicago.com STATE: Post office gives deadlines for holiday shippingSouthgate News HeraldSTATE: Post office gives deadlines for holiday shipping. Published: Monday, December 10, 2012. DETROIT — Americans will entrust more than 15.2 billion pieces of mail to the U.S. Postal Service from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Monday, Dec.Holidays increase business for local …

BLUEFIELD — Mail a Christmas card and donate to a local animal shelter. At least that is what Bluefield post officer workers Miriam Lewis and Mary Beth Price hope customers will do this week during the Sixth Annual Prerogative Shelter Drive. More: continued here

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Ark. post offices open Christmas, New Year's EvesSeattle Post IntelligencerLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — U.S. Postal officials in Arkansas say the state's post offices will be open on both Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve — but hours may vary. Spokeswoman Leisa Tolliver-Gay says all post offices will be open …

Chicagoans read Santa letters sent to Post Office, help make kids' holiday …The RepublicCHICAGO — Hundreds of Chicagoans are getting in the holiday spirit by reading letters that local children send to Santa — then making their wishes come true. The U.S. Post Office in Chicago has received more than …

It had become a tradition for Virgil Stockdale to drive more than 40 miles each year to the post office in tiny Bethlehem, Ind., where former Postmaster John Cable would hand-stamp Christmas cards with images of the Star of Bethlehem and the Three Wise Men. More: continued here