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It wants to boost business by allowing customers to send letters postmarked from space. -AFP More: continued here

Post office officials held a public, community-wide meeting at South Side High School Thursday night to lay out a proposed plan to close down the Jackson mail-processing center, located at 200 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive. More: continued here

The Express Times – LehighValleyLive.com Post office will remain openWFMZ AllentownA post office will stay open after all, after being on a list of branches that could be shut down. It looks like a Lehigh Valley post office won't be closing after all. The US Postal Service said the Southside Bethlehem branch on W Fourth…

Boston.com Main post office reopens Friday morningMontgomery AdvertiserMontgomery's main post office was open and operating as normal Friday morning after a shooting incident Thursday evening, a US Postal Service spokesman said. The one delay that people might experience is that mail might not be delivered to post office…Officials: Police saved lives in postal shootingBoston.comOfficials: Police…

The man accused of firing shots inside the main post office in Alabama’s capital city was a postal employee who was carrying three guns when he reported for his shift. More: continued here

Mailbox break-ins continue at downtown Chico post officeEnterprise-RecordCHICO — After more than two dozen post office boxes were broken into at the downtown post office on West Fifth Street on Nov. 23, officials posted several notices that the lobby area was under video surveillance. Despite the warnings, the break-ins …and more » More: continued here

The Decatur Daily Occupy Reno Occupies Post Office Meeting on Proposed Plant ClosureKRNV My News 4Reno, Nev (KRNV & MyNews4.com) — The United States Postal Service is considering sweeping changes. And it will affect the local processing plant on Vassar Street in Reno. A public meeting on the issue Thursday night on this issue turned…

Maine congresswoman urges postal service to keep open Cliff Island post officeThe RepublicAP PORTLAND, Maine — Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree is urging the postmaster general to keep open the post office on Portland's Cliff Island. In a letter to Patrick Donahoe, Pingree says islanders rely on post offices to reach the mainland. …and more » More:…

Post Office proposal opposedJackson SunPost office officials held a public, community-wide meeting at South Side High School Thursday night to lay out a proposed plan to close down the Jackson mail-processing center, located at 200 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive. … More: continued here

Mendota fears losing post office, though USPS would save $900000 over 10 yearsPioneer PressUS Postal Service officials say the fate of Mendota's post office should be decided by March. In the meantime, the public can comment on and learn more about the possible closure of the branch at a meeting Tuesday night at Henry Sibley…