Post Office

al.com (blog) Apply for a passport at Saturday's 'passport fair' at post officeal.com (blog)By Deborah Storey, The Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — Saturday is "Passport Day in the USA" and will be celebrated locally at Huntsville's Haysland post office, 8401 Whitesburg Drive, from 9 am to noon. Because the event …

Kendrapada post offices in dire straitsTimes of IndiaKENDRAPADA One of the most trusted institutions of the country, the Indian Postal Department, is functioning in a deplorable condition in Kendrapada. Though the department has set up a well-decorated, air-conditioned post office in the district …and more » More: continued here

Some 3,700 other post offices may be turned into village post offices The post office in the tiny Washington town of Malone sells beer and cigarettes. Live worms for fishing, too. The boxes for fixed-rate shipping are wedged between racks of beef jerky and $6.99 sunglasses. More: continued here

Residents in a small Brevard beach community are rallying around their local post office, which is in danger of getting stamped out of existence. More: continued here

CNN International U.S. Postal Service to hold meeting in BeedevilleNewport IndependentCustomers will have an opportunity to meet with a Postal Service representative to discuss alternatives. A review of business activities of the Post Office at this location revealed that the office workload has declined. This reduced workload suggests …9/11 A …

Digital mail services are targeting the 48 billion bills, statements and financial documents sent by companies through USPS every year. More: continued here

The new face of the US post officeCNN InternationalMalone, Washington (CNN) — The post office in the tiny Washington town of Malone sells beer and cigarettes. Live worms for fishing, too. The boxes for fixed-rate shipping are wedged between racks of beef jerky and $6.99 … More: continued here

Fox News Leaders say USPS needs business model makeoverNooga.comNorthwest Georgia artist Becky Altman goes to her local post office so often that the employees there know her. She said she would be lost without the US Postal Service — an institution that, at the end of the month, will be …

POWERSITE, Mo — Small towns across the Ozarks are putting up a fight to save their post offices. In Taney County, scores of people in Powersite have signed a petition to keep their mail service. Citizens of Powersite say they were sent a letter in the mail from the US …

The post office in the tiny Washington town of Malone sells beer and cigarettes. Live worms for fishing, too. The boxes for fixed-rate shipping are wedged between racks of beef jerky and $6.99 sunglasses. More: continued here