Post Office

The newspaper business – both small and large papers – has sounded full-throated opposition this past month about a plan by the U.S. Postal Service to purposely entice advertising out of the newspaper More: continued here

Sowetan Temporary postal workers on strikeSowetanMOB RAGE: Temporary South African Post Office workers went on strike at the Witspos mail centre in Ormonde, Johannesburg, yesterday. The protesters are demanding that they be employed permanently. The mail centre is the biggest in South Africa and …and more » More: continued here

Santa Teresa's post office closesLas Cruces Sun-NewsLAS CRUCES — Operations at a 600-box post office in Santa Teresa were halted abruptly last week — without explanation from postal officials — and moved to a different, short-term location. The mail service has been shifted temporarily a few miles … More: continued …

Post Office on the moveLinlithgow Journal & GazettePO spokesman Kenny Lamont said: “Our priority is to safeguard Post Office services for the local community in the longer term and we believe the new location for Linlithgow is the best way forward if we are to secure continued access to Post …

COMMENTARY: Post office picks winners, losersNew Jersey HillsThe newspaper business – both small and large papers – has sounded full-throated opposition this past month about a plan by the U.S. Postal Service to purposely entice advertising out of the newspaper so ads can be placed instead with USPS favored …Post …

Single post office idea floated anew in HanoverNew Jersey HillsBut community resistance, most notably in the realization a centralized post office would mean the “Cedar Knolls” and “Whippany” neighborhood designations in town would go the way “Malapardis” and “Monroe” went years ago, dealt the plan a death blow.and more » More: …

Officials, Community Rally in Support of Northport Post OfficePatch.comThe Northport American Legion Hall filled to bursting Wednesday as the community discussed how to prevent the United States Postal Service from closing the Northport Post Office, built in 1932. A panel of officials moderated the meeting including State …and more » More: …

Stamford Post Office To Be SoldThe Herald | HeraldOnline.comGREENWICH Conn., Sept. 13, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — The Lower Fairfield Art Center, Inc., a newly founded nonprofit art organization, has signed the purchase agreement to purchase the Stamford Post Office at 421 Atlantic Street, for an undisclosed price.and more » More: continued …

LAS CRUCES — Operations at a 600-box post office in Santa Teresa were halted abruptly last week — without explanation from postal officials — and moved to a different, short-term More: continued here

Goodnight, Raleigh Post Office, Raleigh, NCGoodnight, RaleighEver curious, I set out to find a vintage postcard depicting the Seattle Post Office and came across the one seen below. The building was far grander and much larger than Raleigh's post office, and was brand new in 1906 when Louis Yarbrough sent …