Post Office

The Reno Redevelopment Agency will consider facilitating the sale of the historic downtown post office to a private LLC. The LLC plans to convert the building into a high-end retail center. More: continued here

Kansas City Star Post Offices Join List Of Nation's 'Most Endangered Historic Places'NPR (blog)by Mark Memmott With no clear disposition review process in place, hundreds of these historic civic buildings may be endangered by US Postal Service cost cutting, including this one — the Geneva Post Office in Geneva, Ill. …

Atlanta Journal Constitution Post offices, Ellis Island join endangered listAtlanta Journal ConstitutionBy BRETT ZONGKER AP WASHINGTON — Hundreds of historic US post offices nationwide face uncertain futures as the US Postal Service downsizes, so preservationists on Wednesday added these American institutions to the list of the country's most endangered …Post …

Skagway post office short on workers, long on mailAlaskajournal.comAP JUNEAU (AP) — With four authorized post office positions, but only one filled, the historic community of Skagway is facing a backlog in its mail delivery. The population swells every summer with tourists and temporary workers in the town that was …

Two post office locations in the city of Rochester will close and merge together at the North Plymouth Terrace Building. More: continued here

Postal Service's Bicycling Stamps Promote Healthy LifestyleMarketWatch (press release)Available nationwide today, the stamps can be purchased online at usps.com/shop, by calling 1-800-STAMP-24 (1-800-782-6724) or by visiting Post Offices. "Minneapolis is a city that's universally regarded as one of the most bicycle-friendly in America," …Minneapolis Reveals New Cycling StampsKAALtv.comall 10 news …

Post offices, Ellis Island join endangered listBoston.comWASHINGTON—Hundreds of historic US post offices nationwide face uncertain futures as the US Postal Service downsizes, so preservationists on Wednesday added these American institutions to the list of the country's most endangered historic places. More: continued here

Sell Vehicle Licences At More Post Offices CountrywideAllAfrica.comIt takes the average clerk in a post office around four to five minutes to type in all the data on the required form. The new system was introduced three weeks before the last batch of licences expired on May 31. Quick calculations …

AFP 'El Huffington Post' launches in SpainPhys.OrgArianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, pictured at the Huffington Post office in Madrid. El Huffington Post opened in Spain on Thursday, poking fun at the government's handling of the economic crisis in …Huffington predicts success of Spanish website570 …

Columbia Missourian Rural post offices to cut hoursTriValley CentralWASHINGTON — The US Postal Service announced a new strategy last month that could keep the nation's smallest Post Offices open for business, while providing a framework to achieve significant cost savings as part of the plan to return the organization …J-S …