Post Office

After years of competing against email and commercial delivery services, the post office is now being forced to make massive cuts in order to survive. More: continued here

Council Opposes Post Office ClosingsPatch.comCouncil passed a resolution Tuesday opposing the proposed closure by the United States Postal Service of two post office branches in Fair Lawn. If both the River Road and Warren Point Post Offices are shuttered, the Radburn Post Office on …Postal cuts loom over DetroitThe Detroit Newsall 2 news articles » More:…

Closing a post office can be an inconvenience at best, even in large cities. But in small towns such as Wedron, an unincorporated community of about 300, and Millington, population 665, the post office is one of the last bastions of community spirit. More: continued here

BOSTON (MainStreet) — The U.S. Postal Service is in trouble. With more people sending email and texts instead of letters and cards, and more bills being paid electronically as well, there’s been a 20% drop in the volume of mail between 2006’s record (213 billion pieces of mail processed) and last year (177 billion, according…

In tiny towns, real fear of post–office lossThe Seattle TimesClosing a post office can be an inconvenience at best, even in large cities. But in small towns such as Wedron, an unincorporated community of about 300, and Millington, population 665, the post office is one of the last bastions of community spirit. …and more » More:…

5 Ingenious Ways to Save the Post OfficeTheStreet.comMeanwhile, it'll be harder to find a post office. Tarmey says there were 71000 of them back in 1900, when the population was less than 100 million, compared with only 32000 post offices now that we're a population of more than 300 million. …and more » More: continued here

The post office is overly equipped to handle its volume. That’s good when you mail a letter in the U.S.; it gets to its destination quickly. But it’s bad for a business that’s trying to balance the books while carrying extraneous overhead. More: continued here

Salem post office processing center faces closureStatesman JournalPHOTO COURTESY OF USPS The US Postal Service delivers more mail to more addresses in a larger geographical area than any other postal service in the world: nearly 151 million homes, businesses and post office boxes in every state, city, …and more » More: continued here

Post Office should be independent of CongressNewnan Times-HeraldAn article stated the Post Office will could run out of money by the end of the year. Like other enterprises Congress micro-manages, the Post Office is operated contrary to normal business practices. The Post Office is under a "no layoffs" constraint …Post office closures loom, Colorado lawmakers…

LOCUST GAP – Approximately 40 Locust Gap residents sat underneath a fire company pavilion Friday evening to discuss the possibility that their post office may close.The meeting, conducted by Kristen Krashnak, manager of Post Office Operations for the Ha More: continued here