Post Office

The U.S. Postal Service canceled a public memorial service this morning to honor postal workers who were shot and killed 20 years ago in Royal Oak, instead holding a ceremony in the post office basement. More: continued here

Bill that would save post offices advancesMcPherson SentinelIf approved, S. 1789 would free the United States Postal Service from some existing financial restrictions while limiting its ability to close individual retail locations. While the bill initially overlooked the topic of rural post offices, … More: continued here

UK Post Office chooses HSBC Merchant Services for card processingFinextraHSBC Merchant Services, the largest independent cards payment processor in the UK, has won a tender to provide Post Office Ltd with card processing services to its approximate 11500 branches nationwide. It will provide an extensive range of technology, …and more » …

BBC News Man shot during post office raid in UphollandCrimestoppers UKThree masked men wearing dark clothing entered the Post Office brandishing a gun and demanded money as it was closing at about 17:30 GMT on Friday. Police said a 38-year-old woman staff member of Upholland Post Office on Hall Green …

Royal Oak — Clark French remembers co-workers scattering like deer from a “popping” noise inside the Royal Oak Post Office 20 years ago today. The morning of Nov. 14,’91, something French and other postal employees had feared for weeks appeared: Thomas Paul McIlvane, a disgruntled, recently fired co-worker armed with …

MLive.com 1991 post office rampage still painful for workersThe Detroit NewsRoyal Oak — Clark French remembers co-workers scattering like deer from a "popping" noise inside the Royal Oak Post Office 20 years ago today. The morning of Nov. 14, 1991, something French and other postal employees had feared for weeks …

Kingman residents rally to save post officeBangor Daily News“We have a large number of older folks, some of them disabled individuals, and to be without the post office for them would be extremely difficult considering that the closest one to them would be 14 miles away,” Davis-Page said Sunday. … …

Public meeting will determine whether Edroy Post Office stays openCorpus Christi Caller TimesThe US Postal Service will have a public meeting to discuss possible changes at 5 pm Friday at the Edroy Post Office, 17916 Highway 234, Edroy. The US Postal Service announced in July that it was right-sizing its …

KINGMAN, Maine — She has been living in town only since April, but Kathleen Davis-Page doesn’t want to see elderly or disabled residents forced to travel 14 miles for postal service. That’s why the 53-year-old Connecticut native, a retired group home manager and job coach, is leading a group of …

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