Post Office

Busiest days at post office not as busy as past yearsDayton Daily NewsStaff photo by Teesha McClam Denise Smith, a mail handler, moves mail Monday as the stamps are marked void on the letters at the Dayton branch of the US Post Office on East Fifth Street. Monday was expected …

Dear Editor: I’ve watched news reports on TV and read several online stories and newspaper accounts about the financial problems the post office is having, but almost none of them mentions the real cause of the deficit. It is not because of email or the Internet or the unions, as …

BBC News Christmas chaos at the post officeSwindon AdvertiserBy Scott D'Arcy » TEMPORARY staff at Royal Mail have gone postal over claims of poor organisation by its recruitment agent, while two Christmas workers have been arrested on suspicion of stealing. Staff brought in over the busy Christmas period for …How …

Redvale resists post office closureMontrose Daily PressColorado senators are seeking a six-month moratorium on proposed post office closures and consolidations they say could disproportionately affect rural communities. The western Montrose County community of Redvale wants more than a reprieve …and more » More: continued here

Baltimore Post Office retirees host luncheonLancaster Eagle GazetteThe Baltimore Area Post Office Retirees hosted a luncheon on Wednesday. From left to right, Front row: Janice Laver, Clyde Carpenter (retired city carrier), Myrtle Carpenter, Walter Vannatta (retired postmaster) and Jim Laver (retired city carrier). … More: continued here

Sharon Krebs: Post office’s fiscal crisis caused by GOP mandate More: continued here

Ink pads and stampers for envelopes are available for use at the Christmas post office. / BRETT KENNERLY/FLORIDA TODAY Hours for the Christmas post office are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday. More: continued here

Auto Parts Store Opening in Former Post OfficePatch.comNAPA Auto Parts is slated to open in the former Seminole Heights post office branch within a few months. By Michael Canning The former post office branch at 5216 N. Florida Ave. was vacated in September 2010. Renovations have begun at the former …

I am very saddened by the plight of the United States Postal Service . At one time during the holidays extra mail sorters and carriers had to be hired to keep up with the rush and mail was delivered twice on Christmas Eve. Modern technology has ruined everything. More: continued …

Opposing Views Post Office Quiets Carolers in Silver SpringNBC WashingtonA post office manager stopped a group of carolers from singing Saturday at a branch at the Aspen Hill Shopping Center in Silver Spring, Md., Fox News reported. Just a few notes after the trio — dressed like characters from “A …