Post Office

US Post Office Needs to Cut 260000 Jobs: Rep. IssaCNBC.com"We've restricted what the post office can charge for various classes of mail. But the biggest challenge is there are about 660000 workers at the post office. In the private sector there would be about 400000." Though Issa's numbers are likely …

Isle of Wight County Press Post office to closeIsle of Wight County PressBy Matt White A DEJECTED Brading postmaster has accepted defeat in his bid to keep the town's post office open. Paul Morris, who has run Brading Post Office with his partner, Debbie, 47, for seven years, said the …

RESIDENTS in the Intack area of Blackburn are celebrating after a free cash machine was installed at their post office. More: continued here

Residents Meet in Support of Preserving Post OfficesPatch.comBy Zak Koeske The public hearing begins at 6:30 pm A United States Postal Service representative will be present to respond to comments. If both the River Road and Warren Point Post Offices were shuttered, the Radburn Post Office on Abbott Road would …

Tuesday's letters: Post office woesBlueRidgeNow.comTo the editor: The only thing heard about the post office situation is what will be closed, how many jobs will be lost and how badly mail services will be hurt. What is not heard is what the board of directors has done to possibly take …

Museum fine fit for post officeThe Register-GuardIn 1937, the museum was promised downtown Eugene's old post office building, but then along came a war, and the government needed the space, which it rented until 1957, at which point the building was torn down. When Hart took the historical society … …

Bob Hart, executive director of the Lane County Historical Society, could double as actor Richard Dreyfuss, but, in terms of public regard, Rodney Dangerfield might be the better fit for museum folks such as him. They get no respect — historically speaking, that is. In 1937, the museum was promised …

Bangor community comes together after postal closingWEAU-TV 13The US postal service recently announced that it was closing the Bangor post office indefinitely because of health hazards. The sudden closing has left people in Bangor no choice but to go to West Salem for postal service. Many say the closing of …

Many say the closing of the Bangor post office has brought the community together. Neighbors are helping eachother get their mail. More: continued here

Michael Paul Williams: East End post office's axing would leave markRichmond Times Dispatch (blog)An easily accessible post office may be a luxury to suburban dwellers or middle-class motorists, but it's essential to pedestrians, said the Rev. Benjamin Campbell, pastoral director of Richmond Hill, a residential Christian community and retreat on …