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,” resident …and more » More: continued…
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 taken to a hospital Friday…
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 2015 …and more » More: continued…
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 » More: continued here
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 improvised motor home.and more » More:…
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: continued here
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