Post Office

Senate votes to extend Saturday postal serviceBoston HeraldBy David Lightman and James Rosen / McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – Saturday postal delivery could continue for at least two years. And the closing of post offices in smaller communities may not happen as quickly as advertised. More: continued here

Schumer wants to deliver for North Hoosick post officeBennington BannerCharles Schumer has not only introduced an amendment to a bill that would protect door-to-door postal delivery but is also backing a bill to keep 53 rural post offices that are slated to close, including one in North Hoosick, open for …

The small post office in the southeast Missouri town of Bloomfield is closed after asbestos was found in the building. More: continued here

Fate of Belmont County Post Offices to be DeterminedWTRFA town hall meeting to be held Thursday night will discuss the future of a number of Post Offices within Belmont County. Those post offices are ones located in Blaine, Barton, Lafferty, Warnock, Glencoe, A town hall meeting to be held Thursday …

Five years for Glazebrook Post Office machete attackerThis Is CheshireTyrone Boyd, aged 21, was one of two men who threatened Glazebrook Post Office master Peter Dodd and customer Margaret Bloor, aged 81, during the raid on October 3 last year. Warrington Crown Court heard on Friday how Mr Dodd came …

Postal bill averts 3,700 post-office closings for at least two years, but fails to address deeper, structural problems in how the postal service manages a vast operation. More: continued here

The Sun Collector transforms garden hideaway into a 1950s post officeDaily MailBy Simon Tomlinson At a time when post offices appear to be in terminal decline, one keen collector has turned back the clock by opening up one of his own – in his garden shed. Steve Knight's hoard of …

Anger is continuing to grow today over the sudden closure of a Leeds post office – however bosses offered a glimmer of hope that it would soon re-open. More: continued here

Former Post Office, Coolsingel 42, RotterdamWired (blog)V2_ cordially invites you for the grand opening of the ninth Dutch Electronic Art Festival on May 16th, in the former Post office at Coolsingel 42 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The official festival opening takes place at 20:00, bring friends or … More: continued …

WASHINGTON — The Senate has passed overhaul legislation that would allow the financially strapped U.S. Postal Service to avert immediate bankruptcy, giving it a cash infusion while delaying decisions on closing post offices and ending Saturday delivery. More: continued here