Post Office

Tiny towns battle to keep post officesMilwaukee Journal SentinelPatch Grove Postmaster Theresa Davis sorts mail at the Stitzer post office. Many Stitzer residents have post office boxes. By Meg Jones of the Journal Sentinel Beetown – It's not so much the cost to change business cards and invoices, the hassle …

Eucha residents could lose 120-year-old post officeTulsa WorldEUCHA – A public meeting will be held at 2 pm Tuesday at the Eucha fire station with US Postal Service administrators to discuss the possible closure of the community's post office. Closing the 120-year-old post … More: continued here

Williston Daily Herald Epping residents speak out on possible post office closureWilliston Daily HeraldWanda Cleveland, who manages post office operations out of Bismarck, speaks during a town hall meeting in Epping on Thursday. Residents were invited to share concerns regarding a possible post office closure. …Fate of downtown post office …

Kilburn post office staff threatened with gun in robberyBBC NewsStaff at a post office in north-west London have been threatened by an armed man who stole a quantity of cash. The man had what is believed to have been an automatic handgun when he went to the Kilburn Park Post …

Fred Boest: Post office needs to get competitiveRecord-SearchlightNow the post office is considering closing the Redding processing center and again we hear that nobody will lose their job. They will just be transferred into open positions. I worked in the Silicon Valley when there was a lot of merging of …

Post Office: better value long haulEasyvoyageIn their latest Long Haul Report for 2011, Post Office Travel Money has revealed that prices in many long haul destinations have fallen since last winter. The pound sterling may have weakened against European currencies, but there is great value to be … More: continued …

For years, post offices displayed images of public enemies on its walls. Today the post office has its own enemies, each of which has inflicted damage on the 236-year-old service. Their names are email, social media, the Internet and the economy. More: continued here

EPPING — For some Epping residents, a post office is more than a place to mail letters and packages — it’s an integral part of the community. More: continued here

INDIANOLA, Ill — The village of Indianola could soon be without a huge staple in its small community. “I’m not gonna go down without a fight. I’m gonna take it to however far i have to take it to save More: continued here

For small communities, the closing of the post office is not so much the cost to change business cards and invoices, the hassle of driving much farther to mail packages or waiting longer to get mail, it’s the loss of identity. More: continued here