Post Office

Kodak and the U.S. Post OfficeSt. George Daily SpectrumThe post office is a classic example. Technology has moved even further beyond the post office than it has beyond Eastman Kodak. The difference is although the Postal Service is technically a private business, its income doesn't cover all its costs. …Thomas …

Vets Donate Money To Post Office So Troops Can Get Care PackagesPatch.comThe Korean War Veterans Rockland County Chapter gave the money to the West Nyack Post Office. By Adam Littman From left: West Nyack Post Office Supervisor Derek McLoughlin, Rockland County Legislators Christopher Carey and Ed Day, Korean War Veterans …

Endicott may take over all Endwell postal needsPress & Sun-BulletinFinal shots are 39-20.17:59 – Potulny — who else — makes it 6-4 ENDWELL — A recent letter from a postal service official to Endwell residents implies an uncertain future for the community's flood-damaged post office. The small office on Lawndale …

CT mail industry backs postal service cutbacksHartford BusinessThey will send their mailers as far in advance as necessary for the post office to deliver them, as long as they can rest assured they arrive by the specified date. Stamford-based Pitney Bowes generates $5.6 billion in annual revenue and employs 33000 …

Postal Service backers rally in Flat RockBlueRidgeNow.comChris Berg, dressed as Benjamin Franklin, talks about the importance of the Post Office to members of Occupy Hendersonville in front of the old Flat Rock post office on Greenville Highway Saturday afternoon. By Jessica Goodman FLAT ROCK — Outside the … More: continued …

Altadena Junction: The post office isn't going awayPasadena SunBy Timothy Rutt Post office update: There have been lots of rumors about the possible closure of the Altadena post office, but residents shouldn't worry, according to Michael D. Madrigal, marketing manager for the mail service. The post office at 2271 … …

As Congress considers legislation to reform the business model of the Postal Service, it must confront a basic choice: to permit the Postal Service to function more as a business does, or constrain it from doing so. More: continued here

Thomas Sowell: Post office should face competitionAppeal-DemocratThe post office is a classic example. Post offices were once even more important than Eastman Kodak, and for a longer time, as the mail provided vital communications linking people and organizations across thousands of miles. But, today, technology has …CT mail industry backs …

CBS Local Baltimore Community Protests Post Office ClosureCBS LocalBALTIMORE (WJZ) — Facing some major money trouble, the US Postal Service is forced to make some tough decisions. Forty-one post offices are slated for closure, 10 just in Baltimore. But as Mike Schuh reports, those living near one of them aren't …

Echoes of a time long past, of trading with the Cherokees and mail carried by horseback and rail, live on in a tiny post office nestled in the steep, mountainous terrain of western Polk County. More: continued here