Post Office

Stocks fall….Revised plan on post office closings…Ford recall widens….NECNWASHINGTON (AP) — The struggling US Postal Service now says it will try to keep hundreds of rural post offices open with shorter hours. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe says a revised plan would save the mail agency half a billion dollars each …

New Postal Service Plan Will Keep Open Rural Post OfficesOzarksFirst.comSome of the smallest post offices in rural areas of the US will remain open under a new plan unveiled today by the US Postal Service. A news conference was held in Washington to announce the details. 400 post offices that …

Morristown Green Post office holds food drive May 12Chatham Star TribuneFood donations can also be dropped at the customer windows in the Altavista, Evington, Hurt and Lynch Station post offices through May 12 during normal business hours. The food will be donated to DAWN (Donation-A-Week-Neighbors).WEB UPDATE: Post Office will help …

US Postal Service to keep rural post offices openBizjournals.comThe US Postal Service may cut hours at post office locations in small communities instead of closing them. The US Postal Service may cut hours at post office locations in small communities instead of closing them. The Postal Service will seek approval …

Normandy hopes for postal reprieveShelbyville Times-GazetteBy BRIAN MOSELY ~ bmosely@tg.com Will the Normandy Post Office shut its doors? An announcement scheduled for today by the Postal Service could possibly fend off the proposed closure of hundreds of rural facilities by cutting the hours of postmasters … More: continued here

Rural post offices won't close, but hours will be cutKETKWASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — The US Postal Service is backing off a previous plan to close thousands of post offices, and will instead cut hours at 13000 rural facilities in an effort to save $500 million a year. In response to a …

Council joins workers and customers to save post officeYes! WeeklyBy Eric Ginsburg They've done it before and they'll do it again: Greensboro city council members passed a resolution to try and keep the Four Seasons Mall post office open and to restore the extended operating hours, similar to a failed …

Area rural post office branches slated for closure could remain openMid-Hudson NewsMID-HUDSON/CATSKILLS – Several rural post office branches in the Hudson Valley and Catskills regions have been on the proposed hit list to be closed as part of the Postal Service's cost-cutting plans, but many of them could be saved …

Postal Service: Will keep rural post offices openKPLC-TVMore >> WASHINGTON (AP) – The struggling US Postal Service is trying to tamp down concern over its wide-scale cuts, saying it will seek to keep hundreds of rural post offices open with shorter hours. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe tells a news … …

Rural post offices won't close, but hours will be cutCNNBy Jennifer Liberto @CNNMoney May 9, 2012: 11:50 AM ET WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — The US Postal Service is backing off a previous plan to close thousands of post offices, and will instead cut hours at 13000 rural facilities in an effort …