Colleen Cason: Post office should stand and deliverVentura County StarI received the dreaded pink slip the other day. It was not the kind indicating I had joined the ranks of the unemployed. It was the one that signaled my work was about to begin. When I was not home, our U.S. Postal Service carrier attempted…
Labor Notes Three post offices to cut back hoursThe Livingston County NewsThough the USPS made the announcement six months ago to review hundreds of rural post offices, including the three in our area, it wasn't until the keen eye of a Mumford customer found a notice last week on the bulletin board inside the post…
METAL thieves caused thousands of pounds worth of damage when they ripped copper pipes from an empty flat – flooding a shop below. Keith MacAldowie, who runs the Angus Road Post Office, said water came pouring into his business on Thursday afternoon from the River Clyde Homes flat above it. More: continued here
Post office sponsors program: Students learn about government, practice literacy More: continued here
SANQUHAR post office started life as a staging post for mail carriages in 1712, and is eight years older than its nearest competitor. More: continued here
Brussels, Forestville post offices to reduce window serviceGreen Bay Press GazetteOther post offices where hours will be reduced by the fall of 2014 are in Ellison Bay and Ephraim, said Bill Galbraith, manager of post office operations for this district. Washington Island also was targeted for scaling back, but because of the unique …and more »…
Post office proposes cutting hours at Walker facilityNevada Herald"We are trying to restructure hours and not offices," Mark Inglett, manager of post office operation for the area, said at a meeting at the Walker Post Office, Thursday. "We've got to do something. We are losing money." After reviewing the 126 out of a … More:…
By Anna M. Phillips, Times Staff Writer Friday, November 2, 2012 Nancy Bostock, Pinellas County Commissioner, recently found herself in a quandary that only the U.S. Postal Service and an election season could devise. To gin up voters and beat her opponent Charlie Justice, she planned to send out hundreds of campaign mailers. And so…
Dozens of rural post offices going to shorter hoursLincoln Journal StarAlberta Little, who retired from her job at the Crab Orchard Post Office in 2009 after 25 years, wonders how much savings there can be from cutting service to rural areas. “They keep talking about how badly in debt they are,” said Little, whose career…
Letter: Democrats saved Post OfficesRavalli RepublicI would like to discuss the non-closing of rural Post Offices. My Post Office, Raynesford, was on the chopping block. We had meetings with the Post Office officials with staff members of our congressional representatives. All of them encouraged us to … More: continued here