Post Office

Post office closings may increase rural isolation, economic disparityWashington PostPostal 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 US Postal Service. “Well, I have no Internet,” …

Del. post office evacuated because of suspicious package; 1 taken to hospital …The RepublicA 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 …

Chicago Tribune Post office seeks OK for 50-cent stampsChicago TribuneBloomberg BusinessWeek reports: A five-year business plan that the US 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 …

Post office: $18B loss without cuts, rate increaseBradenton HeraldThe 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 » …

Blackpool Gazette Post Office van manBlackpool GazetteHe lived in an old Post Office van for six months, using the vehicle to tour the UK and to stay overnight between gigs. Since then, Derrin has made six CDs, selling more than 12000 copies, many of them from the back of his …

Appalachian Trail hikers' NH post office to closeCBS News(AP) CONCORD, NH — A post office described as a lifeline for residents of a tiny village and hikers traveling the Appalachian Trail is expected to close in May as part of the US Postal Service's attempt to avoid bankruptcy.and more » More: …

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. Read full article >> More: continued here

The Fond du Lac Post Office will be closed for the observance of Presidents Day on Monday, Feb. 20. More: continued here

SPARED: The post office in Oatman, Ariz., has been removed from a list of facilities possibly scheduled for closure later this year by the United States Postal Service. More: continued here

The U.S. Post Office moved around in the village. More: continued here