Post Office

EU approves 1.2 bln stg UK subsidy for Post Office networkReutersBRUSSELS, March 28 (Reuters) – The European Commission gave Britain a green light on Wednesday for a 1.155 billion pound ($1.84 billion) subsidy to maintain and modernise post offices that would otherwise have to close. The Commission, which acts as …

The city of Palo Alto has officially declared its interest in purchasing the downtown post office. More: continued here

Palo Alto sends letter expressing interest in downtown post office siteSan Jose Mercury NewsBy Jason Green The city of Palo Alto has officially declared its interest in purchasing the downtown post office. "We believe that there are considerable benefits to both the (US Postal Service) and the City to retaining …

Galloway Township Council Examines Budget, Discusses Post OfficePatch.comBy Anthony Bellano On a night in which the township's various departments went before the public to discuss the proposed budget breakdown, there was a lot of talk about efforts to keep the Post Office open in Galloway Township.Galloway does not plan to …

Mail stopped after post office gets it dead wrongKIMA CBS 29Rain, sleet and snow might not stop the post office from delivering your mail, but some bad information can. A woman here in Yakima wound up playing catch up when she wasn't getting her bills. KIMA caught up with her …

AceShowbiz Charlize Theron Brings Along Baby Jackson on Post Office TripAceShowbizThe Meredith Vickers of "Prometheus" was caught on camera bringing along 4-month-old Jackson when she stepped out for a trip to the post office in Los Angeles on Tuesday, March 27. Dressed in black, 36-year-old Theron carried her boy in …

The post office in the University of Georgia's Tate Student Center will soon close its doors for good. UGA officials announced Tuesday that the post office would close permanently on May 31. More: continued here

Postal officials are pushing for legislation that will allow them to make cuts in spending this year, but the Senate vote lacked the 60 votes needed to move to a floor debate. More: continued here

Watershed post Treadwell post office to closeWatershed postBy Lissa Harris Barlow's General Store, which houses and runs the Treadwell Post Office. Photo by Flickr user Doug Kerr; published under Creative Commons license. Treadwell resident Linda Norris got a nasty shock while picking up her mail this week: … More: continued …

Rural post office planKMTR NewsSource 16WASHINGTON, DC – Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley today announced that he will be offering an amendment to major legislation overhauling the US Postal Service (USPS) to save rural post offices now targeted for closure. Merkley's amendment would require … More: continued here