Post Office

San Francisco Chronicle Berkeley residents fight for post officeSan Francisco ChronicleBerkeley has slapped a "priority" sticker on saving its downtown post office after the U.S. Postal Service announced plans last month to sell the neoclassical landmark. The City Council, mayor's office and Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, have all vowed to …

The future of the rural post office is here, a future at least some customers aren't crazy about. More: continued here

The Post Office has introduced specially trained mortgage specialists in five of its larger branches across the UK and announced plans to extend this offering across its network. More: continued here

USA TODAY Letters: Equal Postal Service cuts a misguided solutionUSA TODAYImagine cutting hours at all the large post offices, for example the James A. Farley Post Office in New York, which provide much of the Postal Service's revenue. Bulk customers who require every hour of the working day will transition …

Mortgage Introducer Post Office to sell mortgages in branchesFinancial TimesThe Post Office is to rival high street banks by offering mortgages from its branches, as consumer confidence in the UK's biggest lenders has been damaged by high-profile scandals. From Thursday, mortgage specialists will be introduced in five of the …Post …

Demolition Begins on Venice Post Office RampPatch.comA wide range of community members have protested the plans to close the 1939 Venice Post Office and its historic mural known as the "Story of Venice," or the "First Thirty Years of Venice's History," that is one of two remaining murals by artist …

The Post Office stepped up its bid to become a top-10 lender by announcing plans for scores of specialist mortgage advisers. More: continued here

Post Office to rival high street banksFinancial TimesThe public will soon be able to walk into Post Office branches and take out a mortgage under new plans to make the group's 11500-strong network rival high street banks. The move comes as consumer confidence in the UK's biggest banks has been …

Surge in DC tax office settlements reduces commercial property owners' billsWashington PostDistrict officials have knocked $2.6 billion off the taxable value of commercial properties owned by some of the city's most influential developers through a series of settlements negotiated this year by the Office of Tax and Revenue, The Washington …

Senator Wants Butler Post Office Name Changed for Killed SoldierPatch.comRobert Menendez (D-NJ) confirmed the senator is hoping to recognize U.S. Army Spc. Jonathan Batista, a 22-year-old from Kinnelon, who was killed in combat in Afghanistan July 8, by renaming the post office in his honor. The Butler Post Office is …