Post Office

Postal Workers Protest Processing Center ShutdownsWIFRHundreds of local post office workers are hoping they can keep their jobs in 2012. Protesters attempted to hold their ground outside the mail processing center on Harrison Ave. Saturday afternoon. The cash strapped agency is set to lose a record $14.1 …and more » More: …

If you think the lines at the Chambersburg Post Office can get long nowadays when it s time to mail a letter or a package, imagine what it was like in 1949 when the peak one-day mailing of letters was expected to exceed 100,000 pieces! More: continued here

Postal Service to move out of main Menlo officeThe Almanac OnlineThe US Postal Service plans to move its operations out of its main Menlo Park post office at 3875 Bohannon Drive as part of a nationwide effort to cut costs. The Postal Service plans to move about 50 Menlo Park …

As the U.S. Postal Service prepares for its busiest mailing day of the year, shoppers are scrambling to send their holiday gifts and cards in time for Christmas. More: continued here

CTV.ca Local post offices get reprieve from closure, but hours will be cutPress of Atlantic CityA sign on the door notifies customers that the hours have been cut back at the Linwood Post Office off Shore Road. A handful of local US Postal Service locations slated for possible closing or …

BBC News America's disappearing post officesBBC NewsThe post office has long been a core part of almost every community in America, yet the future looks bleak for the United States Postal Service. In a bid to dig itself out of a $10 billion deficit, the USPS is considering cutting 120000 …

Post office fight heats upGladstone ObserverGLADSTONE civic leaders have made a stand against the proposed closure of the Chapple St Post Office. Member for Flynn Ken O'Dowd, State Member for Gladstone Liz Cunningham and Mayor Gail Sellers have called on the Federal Minister for Communications, … More: continued here

Time is ticking for those planning to get that holiday mail sent in time for Christmas. On Sunday, area post offices worked over time to help meet those deadlines. More: continued here

BETHLEHEM — During the Christmas season, state Rep. Tom Riner and his family travel about 50 miles from his inner-city district in Louisville to rural Henry County to get their Christmas cards postmarked in Bethlehem, population about 100. More: continued here

BETHLEHEM — During the Christmas season, state Rep. Tom Riner and his family travel about 50 miles from his inner-city district in Louisville to rural Henry County to get their Christmas cards postmarked in Bethlehem, population about 100. More: continued here