Post Office

Senate passes bill to rename post office for fallen Plymouth soldierThe Patriot LedgerBy Anonymous Legislation filed by Massachusetts by Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown passed the Senate on Thursday that would rename the US Post Office in Sagamore Beach after Staff Sgt. Matthew Pucino of Plymouth, who was killed …

Bill would protect rural post officesSalina JournalBy the Salina Journal US Senator Jerry Moran has introduced a bill to protect some rural post offices from closure. The “Protecting Rural Post Offices Act,” listed as Senate Bill 1668, would prohibit the US Postal Service from closing a post office if …and …

Broad Brook Resident Charged With Assault on Federal OfficialPatch.comRichard Covill, co-chairman of East Windsor's Economic Development Commission and a candidate for board of finance alternate, allegedly shoved his former supervisor at the US Post Office on Weston Road in Hartford. By Larry Smith Broad Brook resident …Ex-Postal Employee Charged With …

ST. ANTHONY – About 60 Chester and Parker Post Office patrons heard a Postal Service official explain that cold, hard economic reality is the reason the agency is proposing to close many post offices across the state and nation. More: continued here

ONLY months after Australia Post was swamped with petitions fighting closure of the historic Timor Street post office, it is about to be hit with another community wave pushing for a new postal outlet in the city’s north. More: continued here

Gwinnett Business Journal Save A Post Office EffortWOWTA save the post office rally may be in the offing for Plattsmouth.That's what former Plattsmouth Postmaster Vicki Miner Price told city and county leaders this week. She said current local US Postal Service officials are not allowed to talk about it, …OP/ED: …

Issa-Ross Postal Reform Act: No Taxpayer BailoutAmericans for Tax ReformCompared to the private sector, over 80 percent of the Post Office's costs are labor related, while FedEx and UPS spend 20-40 percent less. The Postal Reform Act looks to bring down labor costs by rightsizing the entity's workforce and bringing …

Public meeting to be held on closing Acushnet's post officeSouthCoastToday.com / AdvocateACUSHNET — A public meeting to discuss the proposed closing of the Main Street post office in Acushnet has been tentatively scheduled for Nov. 7 at 7 pm at the Ford Middle School. The meeting is being organized at …

The State Column Rep. Bruce Braley Discusses Efforts to Stop Post Office ClosuresThe State ColumnBruce Braley (IA-01) met with local residents and officials about the impact of the US Postal Service's planned closures of hundreds of small town post offices across Iowa, including the post office in Brandon. Last week, …

Former Connecticut postal worker charged in assault of ex-bossBoston HeraldFederal prosecutors say 52-year-old Richard Covill, a former postal worker, shoved his former supervisor from behind during a confrontation inside a Hartford post office, causing her to hit her head on a desk. The woman received stitches on her …Former Postal …