Post Office

SAN DIEGO – Residents fear a developer will purchase a post office in La Jolla and tear down the beloved structure. More: continued here

Save the post office. That was the rally cry in downtown Douglas Wednesday as a crowd of about a hundred urged Congress to pass legislation to keep open the community’s post office. The Douglas station is one of more than 3,600 post offices nationwide being considered for closure by the financially strapped United States Postal…

Want to Save the La Jolla Post Office? Attend the Forum to Learn MorePatch.comThe Save the La Jolla Post Office Community Task Force will hold a community forum at the La Jolla Rec Center at 6:30 pm tonight. By Michelle Mowad The Save the La Jolla Post Office Community Task Force is holding a community…

150 years of mail in DenmanABC OnlineDozens of former postal workers are expected to descend on Denman, in the New South Wales Upper Hunter this weekend, to celebrate the 150th birthday of the town's post office. Beginning with a church service on Sunday morning, past and present postal …and more » More: continued here

Douglas Sends Its Post Office A Love LetterAlaska Public Radio NetworkBy Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau | March 29, 2012 – 5:19 pm Save the post office. That was the rally cry in downtown Douglas Wednesday as a crowd of about a hundred urged Congress to pass legislation to keep open the community's post office….

LAist Historic Santa Monica Post Office Placed on Chopping BlockLAistWestsiders with stamped envelopes in hand teared up a bit today as news broke that the New Deal-era post office in Santa Monica has become a target for closure. A proposal, which has yet to be reviewed by the public, aims to relocate the post office…

Fayetteville Flyer Old Post Office appraised at half the asking price, commission to tour …Fayetteville FlyerBy Todd Gill, Flyer staff An appraisal of the Old Post Office on the downtown square places the value at less than half of what the owner has asked the Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission to pay. The commission authorized…

Westsiders with stamped envelopes in hand teared up a bit today as news broke that the New Deal-era post office in Santa Monica has become a target for closure. A proposal, which has yet to be reviewed by the public, aims to relocate the post office to a carrier annex facility at 1653 Seventh Street…

Somewhere, FDR sheds a tear. The downtown Santa Monica post office on Fifth, near Arizona, is slated for closure, according to the Santa Monica Patch and an internal email forwarded to Curbed. With much pomp and circumstance, the post… More: continued here

U Street to keep a post officeWashington ExaminerIt's official: DC's Ward 1 is getting to keep a post office branch in its U Street Corridor. The US Postal Service lost $3 billion in the first quarter of the 2012 fiscal year and has threatened to close thousands of locations — including one at 1915 ……