Post Office

Local Couponer, Post Office Donates to TroopsPatch.comShe teamed up with the West Nyack Post Office to donate her purchases to troops overseas. She has used her skills to donate large amounts of food and supplies to People to People, Rockland County's largest food pantry, and countries in need. More: continued …

REUTERS – Postal officials were blunt in December when they stood before 120 residents in Dedham, Iowa, to tell them why their town's post office has to close. The Internet, officials said, was killing the U.S. Postal Service. "Well, I have no Internet," resident Judy Ankenbauer said at the meeting. …

New postal boxes serve Cascadia residentsCorvallis Gazette TimesFOSTER – It isn't a new post office building, and they're still going to have to drive 20 miles round-trip, but Cascadia residents are pleased that they can pick up their mail from 8 am to 8 pm, seven days a week. A …

Portable postal boxes welcomed by Cascadia residentsAlbany Democrat HeraldFOSTER — It isn'ta new post office building, and they're still going to have to drive 20 miles round-trip, but Cascadia residents are pleased they can now get their mail seven days a week. A portable bank of 60 boxes was recently …

Post office facing $18 billion loss without cutsKEPR 19The plan, for instance, notes that if the post office could raise current stamp prices from 45 cents to 50 cents, either in a single year or over a multiyear period, it could bring in new revenue of roughly $1 billion.and more » …

Post office facing $18 billion loss without cutsKPICThe plan, for instance, notes that if the post office could raise current stamp prices from 45 cents to 50 cents, either in a single year or over a multiyear period, it could bring in new revenue of roughly $1 billion.and more » More: …

Post office facing $18 billion loss without cutsKLEWThe plan, for instance, notes that if the post office could raise current stamp prices from 45 cents to 50 cents, either in a single year or over a multiyear period, it could bring in new revenue of roughly $1 billion.and more » More: …

Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports: A five-year business plan that the U.S. Postal Service has submitted to Congress includes an 11 percent increase in the price of first-class stamps, to 50 cents, to prevent annual losses of as much as $18.2 billion by 2015. More: continued here

Del. post office evacuated because of packageabc27(AP) – A suspicious package in Wilmington has led to the evacuation of a post office and another building, and some roads are closed. New Castle County paramedics tell the News Journal of Wilmington that one person has been taken to a hospital Friday …

Post Office seeks 50-cent stamps to help cover lossesGant DailyWashington, DC, United States (AHN) – The US Postal Services has been losing money, losing customers and delivering less mail as people have embraced e-mail, smartphones and other digital devices as faster and more efficient ways to communicate. More: continued here