Post Office

C-SPAN Retiree costs 'bankrupt' post office: PostmasterMarketWatchDonahoe said the agency must be allowed to make changes to how it pays for retiree benefits and take steps to cut costs, which would include ending Saturday delivery, closing more than 200 mail-processing centers and reviewing more post offices for …Mail Services asks …

Neb. Lawmakers Pass US Postal Service MeasureKETV OmahaState lawmakers are urging the US Postal Service to reconsider a study that could lead to post office closures in rural Nebraska. The resolution by Sen. LeRoy Louden of Ellsworth comes in response to a federal review of 90 postal outlets in Nebraska, …

ticklethewire.com Deal between GSA and Metro could shape FBI's futureWashington Post (blog)Peck, head of the Public Buildings Service for the General Services Administration, has been under pressure from Congress to sell of under-utilized real estate (see Old Post Office Pavilion), and last week he called the FBI's land a “simply …

KATU Fire destroys rural Oregon post officeKATU(AP) — A fire has destroyed the post office and another building in Cascadia, Ore. The Democrat-Herald says the fire started Saturday morning in a former school building that served as a home and business in the town 13 miles east of Sweet Home …

Former Postal Clerk Fights For Hanukkah StampWPBF West Palm BeachRonald Scheiman has two picture albums filled with his decades-long passion: getting the United States Post Office to issue a new Hanukkah stamp each year. Scheiman started the fight when he was a postal clerk on Long Island, New York. …and …

Taopi Post Office closed for goodAustin HeraldThe Taopi office used to be open from 8:15 am to 10:15 am on weekday mornings. Jasper said there will be lockers available for package delivery and mailboxes for regular mail outside the Taopi Post Office building. “It's all secure,” she said. … More: …

Group for the blind protests post office closingRadio IowaThe Des Moines chapter of the National Federation of the Blind is sponsoring a rally today at a post office in the downtown area of the city. Group treasurer, Pegg Chong, says the office is one that is slated to close. Chong …

A fire has destroyed the post office and another building in Cascadia, Ore. More: continued here

Bexleyheath post office'stunned' by donations for troopsThis is Local LondonA POST OFFICE owner in Bexleyheath is stunned at the public's response to her Christmas collection for soldiers in Afghanistan. Diane Garton, 53, launched the scheme a week ago at the post office she runs in Long Lane. …and more » More: …

Neb. lawmakers pass US Postal Service measureNTV(AP) – State lawmakers are urging the US Postal Service to reconsider a study that could lead to post office closures in rural Nebraska. The resolution by Sen. LeRoy Louden of Ellsworth comes in response to a federal review of 90 postal outlets in …