Post Office

More trouble sent to post officeThe Virginian-PilotMembers of Congress have stamped their feet when the postal service tried to close post offices. Lawmakers have vetoed rate increases and howled at proposed layoffs. All that micromanaging makes it impossible for the agency to manage its finances … More: continued here

A SUFFOLK MP is hopeful the loss of a village post office can be resolved promptly. More: continued here

Illegal Housing Enforcement Utilizes Post OfficePatch.comThe new Long Beach Housing Task Force has issued summonses to 40 homes in recent months and has utilized the U.S. Postal Service to help find violations, according to city officials. When asked about the task force's efforts during a meeting with West … More: …

Post office nears historic default on $5B paymentUSA TODAYWASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a first-ever default on billions in payments due to the Treasury, adding to widening uncertainty about the mail agency's solvency as first-class letters plummet and Congress deadlocks on ways to … More: …

TOWN OF NEWBURGH — Bonnie Carpenter kept fighting back the tears Tuesday, but sometimes it was a losing battle. More: continued here

Post office closure lamentedTimes Herald-RecordNow the nearest post offices for town residents are on Liberty Street and Broadway in the City of Newburgh or on Enterprise Drive at Stewart International Airport. Though the U.S. Postal Service notes the Stewart office is in the town, critics say it's …Town of Newburgh …

Postal Service default looming, Congress expected to do nothingWashington Post (blog)5, 2011, at a post office in Seattle. (Elaine Thompson – AP) The U.S. Postal Service is on the verge of defaulting on billions of dollars in payments due to the U.S. Treasury, but Congress isn't any closer to resolving …

Post office will miss $5.5 billion pension paymentHouston ChronicleBC-POSTAL-MISSED-PAYMENT. Postal Service to Miss $5.5 Billion Payment to U.S. Treasury. c.2012 Bloomberg News. By Bernard Kohn. July 31 (Bloomberg) – The U.S. Postal Service affirmed it won't make a required $5.5 billion payment due tomorrow to … More: continued here

By Shavonne Potts spotts@salisburypost.com LANDIS — It took Crouch Brothers House Moving Contractors the better part of a day to move the historic post office from the downtown area to its new location. The Mooresville-based company began … More: continued here

While Finksburg residents will be able to buy stamps and mail packages from the Finksburg Post Office, the letter carriers who had worked out of the building are being moved to the Westminster Post Office. More: continued here