Post Office

The building planned by the winemaker includes a store offering Italian-style cured meats and sausage made on the spot, a cafe, deli and wine tasting. More: continued here

The U.S. Postal Service’s forthcoming cutbacks at thousands of post offices have gotten a qualified thumbs up from an independent overseer. In an advisory opinion released today, the five-member Postal Regulatory Commission said that the Post Office Structure Plan, or POStPlan, makes sense from a public policy perspective, but added a few recommendations, such as…

FirstBank proposes rehab, reuse of Franklin's 1924 post officeThe TennesseanFRANKLIN – Lexington, Tenn.-based FirstBank wants to open a new bank branch in the Franklin Five Points postal building and is willing to spend between $3 million – $3.5 million to do so. Bank officials have offered to pay for upgrading, renovating and … More: continued…

EVANSTON — Suspicious power reported on a package delivered to the Evanston Post Office today was determined to be a combination of flour and several other cooking ingredients, a city representative said. Emergency crews from 11 area fire departments responded about 9 a.m. to the Post Office, 1101 Davis St., following a 911 call of…

Elderly woman drives into Church Hill Post OfficeKingsport Times NewsCHURCH HILL — There were no injuries reported after an 85-year-old Church Hill woman crashed through the front glass window of the Church Hill Post Office on Main Boulevard Wednesday morning. In fact, postal workers never stopped serving customers … More: continued here

Federal agents charged two people with passing thousands of dollars in counterfeit money at post offices across central Florida. More: continued here

Evanston Now Suspicious substance at Evanston post office: Cooking spicesChicago TribuneA suspicious powder discovered on a package at the Evanston Post Office this morning led to a brief evacuation, but it turned out to be cooking spices, according to authorities. A postal worker was sorting packages at about 9 a.m. and was handling a …Anthrax…

Anthrax at the Post Office? No, Just FlourPatch.comShortly after a hazmat team arrived at the Evanston Post Office at 1101 Davis St., officials discovered that the "unknown white powder” that caused the building to be evacuated was actually flour mixed with cooking spices. Police and firefighters … More: continued here

A suspicious powder discovered on a package at the Evanston Post Office this morning led to a brief evacuation, but it turned out to be cooking spices, according to authorities. More: continued here

It is farewell to trips headed for post officeThe Citizen DailyWith the new system, Tanzanians will be able to post and receive their mail and parcels in letterboxes right where they live. Going to the post office just to collect mail will be a thing of the past. This is good news indeed. Let us…