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Post office closure meetings begin WednesdaySun-SentinelSouth Floridians have their first chance to weigh in on proposed postal office closures and consolidations at 6 pm Wednesday at the Broward County Main Library, 100 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale. …and more » More: continued here

The City of Hampton is hoping the United Postal Service will deliver some good news soon about its Phoebus post office. More: continued here

US Postal Service to hold meetings on office closuresChicago TribuneThe US Postal Service plans to hold eight community meetings to solicit public opinion about the proposed closure of 14 Chicago-area post offices, the agency said. The first meeting is scheduled for tonight from 6 to 8 pm at the Pui …

Wall Street Journal Union Seeks Role in Postal RevampWall Street JournalAP Photo/Mark Duncan The US Postal Service said in July it would consider closing 3653 post offices. See whether your post office is on the list. The National Association of Letter Carriers said it retained Ron Bloom, the president's former …

Merkley bill could save Tiller post officeNRToday.comJoAnn Gilliam, shown leaving the Tiller post office after mailing a letter, said she would hate to see the post office she's used for 40 years closed as the US Postal Service looks to trim costs after losing $10 billion nationwide in the fiscal …

The State Column Braley Works to Stop Closures of Iowa Post OfficesThe State ColumnBraley was able to successfully amend the bill to require the Postal Service to report on the number of jobs eliminated by their proposed post office closures, including the number of veterans jobs eliminated. Braley's amendment was …

Two thieves who held up a West Lothian post office with a samurai sword before fleeing on bicycles are jailed. More: continued here

stv.tv Two robbers who held up post office jailed for almost eight yearsstv.tvTwo robbers who held up a post office and fled the scene on their bicycles have been jailed for almost eight years. Francis McLean, 50, and Valene Brown, 21, carried out the armed raid at a shop in …

Closure notice posted at western Ark. postRussellville Courierby AP The US Postal Service has issued a "notice of final determination" at the Boles Post Office, stating that the Scott County facility will close after Oct. 31. The notice, which was issued Oct. 6, begins a 30-day waiting period during which …

Two more Des Moines post office branches to closeDesMoinesRegister.com (blog)Two more post office branches in Des Moines are set to close, United States Postal Service officials confirmed today. The Highland Park branch at 100 E. Euclid Ave. will be closed to business on Friday. The downtown office in Capital Square, …