Post Office

Lancaster Post Office employees picket on ThursdayLancaster NewspapersEmployees and retirees of Lancaster Post Office gather outside the Harrisburg Pike building Thursday afternoon to show their opposition to the planned closing of the mail processing plant as a cost-cutting measure. By STAFF REPORT Employees and …and more » More: continued here

Columbus Dispatch Why insist that the Postal Service make a profit?Columbus DispatchInscription on the James A. Farley Post Office Building in New York City Maybe not, but the Congress of the United States might. Working not in the snow, rain or heat, but in warm, comfortable offices, members of Congress …

Rep. Mike Thompson is sponsoring legislation to rename the threatened post office at the Veterans Home of California at Yountville on behalf of a Medal of Honor winner who died at the home two years ago. More: continued here

People in Kingman petition to save their post officeWLBZ-TVKINGMAN, Maine (NEWS CENTER)–People in Kingman are concerned about the possibility that the town post office could be closing. Now they are petitioning to keep it open. Many residents in Kingman are elderly and they get their medications mailed to …and more » …

Occupy Burlington marchers rally for postal workersBurlingtonFreePress.comOccupy Burlington protestors march from the US Post Office on Elmwood Ave. in Burlington to Edmunds Middle School for a teach-in on Thursday evening Nov. 17, 2011. / EMILY McMANAMY, Free Press Members of the Occupy Burlington movement announce a march …Occupy Vt. Group …

KINGMAN, Maine (NEWS CENTER)–People in Kingman are concerned about the possibility that the town post office could be closing.  Now they are petitioning to keep it open. More: continued here

Saving The Bishop Hill Post OfficeKWQC 6Several local communities are trying to keep their post offices from being shut down. The proposed closures are part of a plan to help the post office deal with billions of dollars of debt. One of the post offices that could close is in …

South Bend Tribune What would moving the SB post office distribution center mean for youABC 57 NewsSome of the employees have been with the postal service for more than 40 years. Cyd Maravolo, of South Bend, showed up for the meeting to show her support in keeping the distribution center …

Several local communities are trying to keep their post offices from being shut down. The proposed closures are part of a plan to help the post office deal with billions of dollars of debt. One of the More: continued here

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet Wednesday announced that the USPS has issued a temporary “time-out” on post office closings that will provide more time for the agency to examine potential effects of these closings on local communities and help Coloradans avoid frustrating and needless holiday season service interruptions. More: continued …