Post Office

NY1 Post office closings delayedParkersburg NewsOf the 150 post offices being considered for closing in West Virginia, local ones are Macfarlan, Gay, Given, Millstone, Linn, New Milton and Pullman, along with post offices in Cutler and Stewart in Ohio. The decision to postpone the closures came …Post Offices To Remain …

Post Office ConcernsKIMTSwaledale is one of those on the list of small towns set to lose their post office. But even with this recent bit of hope, the few hundred folks living in the tiny community aren't letting their post office go without a fight. …Post office closings delayedcbs4qc.comall 2 …

We all want our holiday gifts to get to their destinations on time, and the sooner you mail them out the better. More: continued here

Claire McCaskill and 21 other U.S . Senators made an announcement Tuesday that caused thousands of people to breathe a sigh of relief. More: continued here

NY1 Post office closures delayed to buy time for dealmaking in CongressThe Hill (blog)Facing a projected $14.1 billion loss in fiscal 2012, the agency has said that it was examining whether to close up to 3700 local post offices and 252 mail processing facilities. But USPS decided to implement a …

NY1 Postal service to delay closuresWashington PostYour neighborhood post office slated for closure might be saved — at least for now. The US Postal Service said Tuesday it will delay the closure or consolidation of thousands of post offices across the country in response to requests from lawmakers …US Postal …

WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — The U.S. Postal Service has agreed to hold off on closing any more post offices or mail facilities until May 15, 2012, to allow Congress time to work on a plan to save the service. More: continued here

SPEARFISH – The U.S. Postal Service has agreed to place a five-month moratorium on closing postal facilities to allow Congress more time to enact postal reform legislation. More: continued here

The U.S. Postal Service, in response to a request made by multiple U.S. Senators, has agreed to delay the closing or consolidation of any post office or mail processing facility until May 15, 2012. More: continued here

It should be no real surprise that the U.S. Post Office is undergoing a $3 billion round of cutbacks. They have been the billion dollar darling of Federal underwriting for over a decade???having lost $20 billion in the last four years alone. How long did they expect this to go …