Post office cracks down on phony stampsGlobal TimesShanghai's postal service has started to require customers who use their own stamps to send overseas packages from one of 12 assigned post offices as part of an effort to crack down on counterfeit postage, local media reported Wednesday. The change … More: continued here
Russia: Greenpeace Polar Bear Protesters Arrested Outside Gazprom Office In …Huffington PostMoscow police have arrested 10 environmental activists, including four dressed in polar bear costumes, who were protesting outside the main office of Gazprom, the Russian oil and natural gas giant. The protest Wednesday by members of Greenpeace called …and more » More: continued here
New York Times 3M Seeks to Save Avery Unit Deal After Regulator ObjectionsBusinessweekThe Justice Department inquiry found that 3M and Avery have dominated adjacent parts of the office-products business for many years, with Avery making labels and 3M selling sticky notes under its Post-it brand. The companies are the world's largest …Justice Department: 3M Drops…
I spent 30 minutes Tuesday morning at the corner of Adams Street and Aber Street, watching life pass in front me.Here's what I saw:Phil and Yetta Bidegain were seen pulling out of the post office aft… More: continued here
Visiting America's Most Bizarrely Named TownsHuffington Post (blog)It got a post office…but not a railway stop. And thus it remained a small farm town, with a population hovering well below 700. There's not much to see there besides a grain silo and a welcome sign, but the slogan remains, optimistically, "The Town … More: continued…
Riverfront Times (blog) The Secret History of the St. Louis Post Office and Its Amazing Pneumatic TubeRiverfront Times (blog)Less well known, maybe because it was too small for people to crawl through, was the system of pneumatic tubes that spirited mail from Union Station to the Old Post Office on Ninth Street and back again….
See the sights in Walworth County: Post office artWalworth County TodayOne of the projects designed by the program was providing art for public buildings, including post offices. Artists were awarded commissions to paint murals, often positioned in spots right above a door inside the building. Two such paintings still … More: continued here
East Anglian Daily Times Post Office robbery in SuffolkITV NewsPolice in Suffolk are hunting two men who robbed a post office and village shop at Laxfield. They threatened the shopkeeper with what is believed to be a screwdriver before escaping with cash from the safe. Police were called just after 6.15am on …Police dogs search…
A post office reform movementWednesday JournalTypical scene: four or five in line, or more, waiting for the U.S. Post Office employee to return from behind the scenes with a package. No other employee on the scene. Loud, laughter, fun sounds coming from the back room. One full minute, two, maybe more. More: continued here
Postal manuals from 1940s donated to national museumThe Courier-JournalBuried in the corner of an unused closet for at least 35 years, the book was recently found by Clermont Postmaster Sandy Perkins, who was looking through a dust-covered box at the post office building. And now, from Happy Hollow Drive in Bullitt County … More: continued…