Post Office

FULL HOUSE: More than 100 people crammed into the Little White Chapel in Oatman to take part in a meeting discussing the future of the town’s post office. More: continued here

Rwanda: Post Office Contests "Infringement" in Courier BusinessAllAfrica.comKigali — The National Post Office has accused public transport companies of venturing into courier services, a business that was previously reserved for the public agency. The posts body alleges that it had the exclusive rights to pick and deliver …and more » More: …

There would be no more overnight mail deliveries under a set of proposed cuts that would change the way mail has been handled for two centuries. That is one of several drastic cuts proposed by Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe. More: continued here

Daily Illini Speakers cite need for campus postal stationsChampaign/Urbana News-GazetteRichard Prouty of Champaign, front, joins others at Tuesday's US Postal Service meeting at Illini Union in Urbana, regarding the future of the two postal stations on the University of Illinois campus. URBANA — Some folks don't just use the post …

A community meeting is scheduled for Tuesday night to discuss the possible closing of North Mankato’s post office and answer questions about how service will change if the shut-down occurs. More: continued here

Residents Pack Hearing on Possible Post Office ClosuresPatch.comPoliticians, union workers and residents speak out against closing West Medford, Tufts post office branches. By Jarret Bencks Concerned residents, politicians and union members packed a public hearing Wednesday to voice their support for the West … More: continued here

Tester proposes bill to stop MT post office closuresKPAX-TVWASHINGTON DC – Senator Jon Tester introduced legislation to prevent the US Postal Service from closing operations in some rural Montana communities. "In Montana and across rural America, post offices define communities and serve as lifelines to the …and more » More: continued …

With the possibility of losing their post office, residents of Weed gathered Tuesday to learn about their options in preventing the closure of their small town mail service. More: continued here

Possible postal closures concern area townsBloomington PantagraphARROWSMITH — About 70 concerned residents crowded the basement of the Arrowsmith Christian Church on Tuesday night to hear about the possible closure of the town's post office. A similar scene could be found in other area towns — and is likely to …Arrowsmith …

Indian Country Today Media Network.com Not my post officeHattiesburg AmericanBenjamin Franklin, post office founder in 1775, would resurrect himself from the grave and haunt America if he knew of the decaying health and approaching certain death of the US Postal Service as we know it today. The fiscal health of …