Post Office

The U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday that the Athens, Chillicothe and Ironton mail-processing facilities will be shut down, with those functions being transferred to a facility in Columbus. More: continued here

Sunriver Post Office Staying OpenKBNDGood news in Sunriver, The US Postal Service says it has taken the Sunriver Post Office has off the list of rural post offices facing possible closure. Senator Ron Wyden's office confirmed that news on Saturday, and a simple sign posted at the post …Wyden: Sunriver …

Post Office seeks IT partners for ID assurance schemeInformation AgeThe Post Office has tendered for the IT infrastructure to support its strategy to become an "identity assurance" service provider to business and government. The Royal Mail subsidiary posted an accelerated contract notice in the Official Journal of the … More: …

A VILLAGE post office has seen one product fly off the shelves this month – boxes of 40-year-old cereal. More: continued here

New York Times (blog) Magic in the Nearly Forgotten MailboxNew York Times (blog)But his passion is photographing a more humble side of the government: the small-town post office. In the past three years, Mr. Tripplaar has photographed some 400 post offices in more than a dozen states, from one-room trailers …

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines Postal jobs remain in IowaQuad City TimesThe decision to keep the US Postal Service's distribution office in Cedar Rapids open means the work and jobs there won't be moving to the Quad-Cities. So while Iowa postal workers and lawmakers who had opposed …

Stornoway Gazette Stornoway Post Office shut until WednesdayStornoway GazetteDUE to an unforseen 'technical difficulty' Stornoway main Post Office branch in Francis Street will not reopen until Wednesday, February 29th. No further information about the nature of the problem is forthcoming from the Royal Mail Group who could not … More: …

PR Web (press release) Every Door Direct Mail by the U.S. Postal Service Helps Churches Reach Out to …PR Web (press release)The Post Office has developed a new program called Every Door Direct Mail. It has several advantages for churches looking to reach out to their communities this Easter including: …

WYLAM Post Office remains closed following a vicious armed robbery two weeks ago. More: continued here

Greenberg: As post offices close, so goes a way of lifeRichmond Times DispatchThose are just some of the post offices to be closed down as the US Postal Service prepares to cut its budget — and its service. The smallest post offices have become an endangered species. And when they …