Capitol Heights mail carrier sentenced for burning mailGazette.Net: Maryland Community News OnlineBradford worked for 15 years as a letter carrier for a post office in Capitol Heights, according to the US Postal Service. Starting in June 2009, residents who lived along Bradford's postal route reported that they were not receiving mail for days at a…
MILLINGTON — As Village President Scott Smith stands in his yard talking under hot August sun, a black pickup truck pulls up and the driver yells to him.“Can I get one of those signs?” asks resident John Casey.In a flash, Smith runs toward the back door of his house and gets a white yard sign…
ABC News U.S. Postal Service May Be Going, Going, Gone (By End of the Year)International Business TimesIn fact, one legislator says if Congress doesn't act and do something about the post office's problems, the agency could literally "close later this year." Congress has been on recess, but USPS problems are among the first matters of…
Millington fights for its post officeChicago Sun-TimesThe Millington Post Office is on the list of post offices in danger of being shut down by the Postal Pervice. The residents off Millington all use the Post Office to get their mail. …Residents campaign for Millington post officeHouston ChronicleReading Residents Brace for Post Office Closurefox4kc.comall 28 news…
Residents in the north central Illinois village of Millington are putting together a campaign to keep their post office open. More: continued here
As the U.S. Postal Service begins shuttering offices across the country to stem their ever-growing $9.2 billion deficit, the entire agency now faces default and could shut down next summer, Dave Partenheimer USPS spokesman told ABCNews.com today. More: continued here
As the U.S. Postal Service begins shuttering offices across the country to stem their ever-growing $9.2 billion deficit, the entire agency now faces default and could shut down next summer. More: continued here
Daily Mail US Post Office on the brink of defaultHot AirAt the same time, decades of contractual promises made to unionized workers, including no-layoff clauses, are increasing the post office's costs. Labor represents 80 percent of the agency's expenses, compared with 53 percent at United Parcel Service …U.S. Postal Service Nearing Default; Agency Pleading to…
Daily Mail Postal Office Nears DefaultABC NewsIn July, when news about the office closures made headlines, Postmaster General Pat Donahoe told ABC News, "We do not want taxpayer money. We want to be self-sufficient." Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, …US Post Office on the brink of defaultHot AirU.S. Postal…
Downtown Post Office remains openShreveport TimesThe downtown Lafayette Post Office is out of the woods. Officials announced on Thursday that they decided not to close the small post office in the Rosa Parks Transportation Center on East Cypress Street. The downtown post office was one of nearly 3700 … More: continued here