How I got to know Bill RaspberryWashington PostIn 1988, as a new kid in Washington and having read William Raspberry's columns for several years, I called him at his Washington Post office. I told him that I was new in town and found myself in a somewhat precarious situation. I …
Read More »Post Office releases much-anticipated set of stamps featuring four baseball … – Yahoo! Sports (blog)
Yahoo! Sports (blog) Post Office releases much-anticipated set of stamps featuring four baseball …Yahoo! Sports (blog)Summer trips to the mailbox and post office just got a bit more exciting. Starting Friday, the United States Postal Service is selling stamps bearing the likeness of four late Hall of Famers — Ted …
Read More »How Congress is killing the Post Office – Reuters Blogs (blog)
Reuters Blogs (blog) How Congress is killing the Post OfficeReuters Blogs (blog)The Post Office's problems are the same today as they were back in September: the long-term secular decline of postal mail, on the one hand, combined with all manner of Congressionally-mandated restrictions which make a bad situation much, much …
Read More »Willie Stargell commemorated on a forever stamp
The Webster Street post office building in Alameda, Calif., isn't much more than a long home run from where Willie… More: continued here
Read More »Letter: Post office lines put off patrons – Prescott Daily Courier
Letter: Post office lines put off patronsPrescott Daily CourierOn June 23, there was a little pink notice from the mail carrier saying I had to go to the Miller Valley Post Office to get an item. Luckily, I had other reasons to go into Prescott. I arrived at the Post …
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Read More »2 peacocks roost at post office in central Ohio – Albany Times Union
2 peacocks roost at post office in central OhioAlbany Times UnionORIENT, Ohio (AP) — Customers at a central Ohio post office are getting an unusual greeting from a pair of peacocks that have taken to roosting on the roof and roaming the parking lot. The birds have settled in at …
Read More »Willie Stargell commemorated on a forever stamp – Boston Herald
MLB.com Willie Stargell commemorated on a forever stampBoston HeraldOn Friday, Stargell's hometown post office branch — along with post office buildings across America — will honor him and three other baseball legends by commemorating them on a set of postage stamps. Such a distinction is even rarer than entry into …
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Customers at a central Ohio post office are getting an unusual greeting from a pair of peacocks that have taken to roosting on the roof and roaming the parking lot. More: continued here
Read More »What’s killing the Post Office? – Berthoud Recorder
What's killing the Post Office?Berthoud RecorderWould it startle you to learn that the U.S. Postal Service netted an impressive profit in the first quarter of this fiscal year? Probably so, given all that has been said about an agency supposedly bleeding billions of dollars as Americans abandon … More: continued …
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