Glen Ridge post office spared from closureNorthJersey.comAt this time, the cutbacks are not expected to have any substantial impact for postal customers in Glen Ridge. So far, Glen Ridge's post office is not on the list of any post offices being targeted or considered for closing. "While we are studying …
Read More »Cedar Bluff: Postal closure averted
Dr. Charles King, right, is shown here congratulating Randy Bolling who met with U.S. Postal Service officials to hammer out an 11th hour agreement to avert the closure of the Cedar Bluff, Va., Post Office. More: continued here
Read More »Editorial: Give post office freedom it needs – The Sheboygan Press
Editorial: Give post office freedom it needsThe Sheboygan Press11:00 pm When the US Postal Service proposed closing more than 250 mail processing centers and about 3700 local post offices, the announcement was met with a maelstrom of protest. It didn't take long for Congress to react to the unhappiness back …
Read More »In Moretown, the mail must go through – BurlingtonFreePress.com
In Moretown, the mail must go throughBurlingtonFreePress.comNaomi Tilton, post officer in charge at the Moretown post office, looks at a small plaque installed after Tropical Storm Irene which shows the high water mark. Tilton and carrier Reginald Elwell created an emergency post office upstairs during the …and more » More: continued …
Read More »Fears over future of Middlewich Post Office – Middlewich Guardian
Fears over future of Middlewich Post OfficeMiddlewich GuardianBy David Morgan » DOUBT has been cast over the future of a town centre Post Office as health plans for Middlewich move forward. Rowlands Pharmacy in Lewin Street could be changing premises as early as March to form part of a new …
Read More »Cedar Bluff: Postal closure averted – Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Cedar Bluff: Postal closure avertedBluefield Daily TelegraphThis time, Cinderella made it home before her post office turned into a pumpkin. As he opened the public hearing concerning the closure of the Cedar Bluff, Va., Post Office Wednesday evening, Charles N. Griffith, manager of post office operations for …and more » More: …
Read More »Post office delivers holiday cheer to deployed airmen – DVIDS
Post office delivers holiday cheer to deployed airmenDVIDSThe 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron Mail Control Activity, with the help of 10 volunteers, began unloading a postal truck filled to the brim with mail Dec. 20, 2011 – just in time for the holidays. “The past few days have been very busy …
Read More »In a post-postal world, Christmas still delivers
The scent inside this squat federal building is not fir or cinnamon, but it does have its own particular holiday aroma: cardboard Priority Mail envelopes and packing tape. Christmas at the post office. Possibly the one time of year when everybody still makes a pilgrimage here. Over a lunch hour …
Read More »Small towns could lose more than mail if post offices close – Kansas City Star
Kansas City Star Small towns could lose more than mail if post offices closeKansas City StarFor many in small towns, the post office serves as a library, coffeeshop and even a community center. By DONALD BRADLEY Judi Hodges (left) shared a Christmas card this week with Postmaster Tempe McGlaughlin at …
Read More »How the post office is killing identity verification – Finextra
How the post office is killing identity verificationFinextraIt has 31871 post offices, more than the combined domestic retail outlets of Wal-Mart, Starbucks, and McDonald's. It's also more than double the number of branches of the combined retail distribution points of Wells Fargo, Chase and Citibank. … More: continued here
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