Post Office

TIME Why Can't the Post Office Ship Beer and Wine?TIMEOn Wednesday, the US Senate passed legislation designed to help stabilize the post office's finances. The bill would open the door to 5-day instead of 6-day delivery; it would restructure billion-dollar payments the postal service is mandated to put … More: …

A new report has raised concerns that post offices in Northern Ireland are falling behind those in other parts of the UK. More: continued here

U.TV Underused post offices should closeYoungstown VindicatorAmong them: closing underused post offices. It has so far identified about 3700 for possible closure, ranging from Pony Express Station in Fallon, Nev., to the US Capitol Station in Washington. The plan has caused an uproar, leading the Senate to vote …Speedy delivery …

The latest proposal to save the financially strapped United States Postal Service would allow it to ship beer and wine, overturning a Temperance-era law that has been on the books for more than a century. On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate passed legislation designed to help stabilize the post office’s finances. …

Officer John Maguire Post Office [PHOTOS]Patch.comThe naming of the post office was the work of many, including then-Chief Richard Kelley, Mayor Scott Galvin, Congressman Ed Markey, Senator Scott Brown and Senator John Kerry. The law, which is required in order to rename a federal building, …Post Office Renamed To Honor …

Post Office worker stole £8k in stamps and labels fraudThe Bolton NewsA YOUNG Post Office worker who cheated her bosses out of £8000 has been spared jail. Leanne Chrystal, aged 20, of Peel Street, Bolton, used the computer system at a Wigan sub-post office to steal the cash over eight …

U.TV Post Office is vital, hamstrung by CongressGalesburgPlanet.comIn US cities, Post Offices still bustle with activity; in rural areas and small towns, Post Offices are as important as churches, schools, and a business district with a café, garage, retailer and decent bar. About 32000 Post Offices in the nation …Underused …

MORE THAN $1.5 million has been earmarked to be spent on constructing a post office at Golden Grove in eastern St Thomas. The post office is being built under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), a flagship emergency programme of the Government…. More: continued here

Amarnath pilgrims can get registered through post officesTimes of IndiaSRINAGAR: In a major initiative, the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) has tied up with the department of posts for registration of pilgrims through select post offices across the country. "The department of posts will start the registration of … More: …

Knight: Post Office is vital, hamstrung by CongressPekin Daily TimesBy Bill Knight In US cities, Post Offices still bustle with activity; in rural areas and small towns, Post Offices are as important as churches, schools, and a business district with a café, garage, retailer and decent bar. About 32000 Post …