Post Office

WISN Milwaukee Post Office Closures: Too Small to Fail?Heritage.orgBy James Gattuso The post office in Hope, Minnesota, is no doubt a quiet place. During a typical business day it sees eight customers, who require a total of seven minutes of service. The Postal Service wants to close the facility, and …

RTT News Postal Service Changes Coming Under House, Senate BillsRTT News(RTTNews) – The Senate on Tuesday will hold a lengthy series of votes on long-rumored changes to the US Postal Service that could include the elimination of Saturday mail delivery and the shuttering of 3700 post offices nationwide. More: continued …

You can help your favorite letter carrier fight hunger on May 12, just by leaving a few non-perishable food items on your doorstep. More: continued here

Rockford Post Office gearing up to "Stamp Out Hunger"WREX-TVBy Samantha Jeffreys – email You can help your favorite letter carrier fight hunger on May 12, just by leaving a few non-perishable food items on your doorstep. The National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive will take place on May 12 …

HNN Huntingtonnews.net Dead Letters: Post Office's Harsh Cuts Will Only Make Deficits WorseDailyFinanceBy Rich Smith, The Motley Fool If you ask the postmaster general, saving the Post Office will require shutting down about one out of every three post offices currently in operation, laying off tens of thousands of postal …

SHAUCK — Ohio's first Village Post Office opens today at Marvin's Village Market, 7500 County Road 242. More: continued here

HNN Huntingtonnews.net Senators shield rural post offices from closuresSky Hi Daily NewsColorado's US Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall are proposing ways to protect rural Colorado post offices from being closed. The Hot Sulphur Springs Post Office is one of 71 Colorado post offices and four mail processing facilities targeted …

Ohio's first Village Post Office opens todayMarion Star"We also have contract and regular post offices, but a village office is on a smaller scale and is usually in small communities," said David Van Allen, regional spokesman for the postal service. "We'll partner with a business that is in a community …

A central Michigan post office that averages 19 minutes of retail business a day will close, despite opposition from residents who appealed to keep it open. More: continued here

There’s a new post office in town. More: continued here