Post Office

The U.S. Postal Service can cut costs by closing processing plants without sacrificing its self-imposed service standard of delivering some mail overnight, the service's regulator said. More: continued here

Post office turns to revenue-increasing strategies, like more junk mail, as it waits for Congress to approve cost-saving measures More: continued here

Duluth Post Office's Most Senior Employee To Retire After 45 YearsNorthland’s NewsCenterThat puts Mabel number one on the seniority list for the post office in Duluth. She says work conditions have changed greatly in her 45 plus years. "When we came in here, everything was hand sorted. There was no …

Downtown Austin post office moving to Congress Ave.Bizjournals.com (blog)Several downtown post office operations will immediately transfer to the South Congress Station Post Office at 3903 S. Congress Ave., including carrier operations for ZIP code 78701 and mail for business firm holdout customers. Business and residential …and more » More: continued here

USPS plans hours cut in rural Ohio post offices; see listWKYC-TVPARKMAN — The village post office plays a big role in this small community. But the United States Postal Service's growing money problems could soon mean a significant change there. It's now open 8 hours a day and the USPS …

There's nothing like a friendly, familiar face when heading to a store or even the post office. At Duluth's Mount Royal Post Office, the most familiar face will soon be replaced. Dave Anderson puts us in touch with the Postal Service's most senior employee and her upcoming retirement. More: continued …

Ochopee Post Office to get painted pink to raise awareness, money for breast …Naples Daily NewsThe Ochopee Post Office at 38000 Tamiami Trail East hopes to raise more money than any other post office through the sale of Breast Cancer Research first-class semipostal stamps for the month of October. Everglades …

Blackpool Gazette 'Post office will not be closing'Blackpool GazetteThe Park Street branch in Lytham could welcome in a new business to trade alongside or move premises to work with another business, under national network transformation plans by the Post Office. Altaf Patel, sub-postmaster at the post office, says he … …

Two men have been charged with stealing from the Ironton, Ohio, Post Office. More: continued here

ABC News Baby safe, mother arrested after Amber AlertGalesburg Register-MailMia Graci Thompson, 3 weeks old, was reported missing in an Amber Alert on Thursday morning after reportedly being snatched from her mother's car at the Toulon post office. She was found by a pair of volunteer searchers who had pulled …