Post Office

Postal workers and supporters chant as they walk the perimeter outside the downtown Cedar Rapids Post Office during a rally on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. The postal workers were also collecting signatures on a petition to support HR 1351, which would allow the Postal Service to use pension overpayments to …

Newsday Post office: Expect big cuts starting in mid-MayNewsdayClick here Post office: Expect big cuts starting in mid-May Originally published: February 23, 2012 2:28 PM Updated: February 23, 2012 3:33 PM By The Associated Press HOPE YEN (Associated Press) (AP) — With no financial relief in sight, the US Postal …

Burtonsville Post Office Faces Uncertain FuturePatch.comBy Whitney Teal Eight months after the United States Postal Service announced it would study the Burtonsville post office for possible closure, there is no word on the future of the location. Patrick Murphy, a spokesperson for the postal service's … More: continued here

The Postal Service will cut $3 billion in expenses as people continue switching to the Internet in place of physical letters and paper bills. More: continued here

Post office: Expect big cuts starting in mid-MaySTLtoday.comBased on community input and other factors, the post office said, it will move forward with consolidations involving virtually all of the 252 facilities on the list, as well as up to 12 new locations, beginning in mid-May. Of the 264 facilities, … …

Post Office processing moves hit Chicago, Aurora facilitiesChicago Sun-TimesBY SANDRA GUY Business Reporter/sguy@suntimes.com February 23, 2012 4:02PM Mail-sorting operations will be eliminated at Chicago's central post office at 433 W. Harrison St. and at the Fox Valley mail-processing facility at 3900 Gabrielle Lane in … More: continued here

South Bend Post Office closingWSBT-TVUS Postal Service officials have confirmed the South Bend Post Office will cease operating its mail processing center by May 15. South Bend's mail processing and distribution operations will be moved to Fort Wayne. It's expected more than 200 jobs will … More: continued here

After watching the slow-motion death of snail mail for months, we should know by now that any headline about the U.S. Postal Service is bound to be bad. Today comes news that the agency will be cutting 27,000 jobs and close half of its mail-processing centers (223 of 457) by this time next year, …

Friday's fire caused no injuries. More: continued here

Postal customers in Winter Garden can breathe a sigh of relief — the downtown post office is no longer in danger of closing. More: continued here