Post Office

KSDK Ward residents fight to keep post office openDaily CameraResidents of Ward are banding together to try to keep the doors of their post office open as the US Postal Service eyes thousands of possible closures across the country. Ward's is one of the 4273 post offices in…Autonomy for Postal …

Family Practice News Digital Network Dangerous gaps remain in nation's bioterrorism preparedness, report saysWashington Post (blog)Members of a hazardous materials team wait outside the West Trenton US Post Office in Ewing, NJ, on Oct. 25, 2001. A worker at the facility contracted skin anthrax. (DANIEL HULSHIZER/ASSOCIATED PRESS) A decade after …

Residents of Ward are banding together to try to keep the doors of their post office open as the U.S. Postal Service eyes thousands of possible closures across the country. More: continued here

Despite Power, Post Office DeliversPatch.comThe lobby of the Holmdel post office was locked dark on Tuesday afternoon. A sign read, "Closed, No Power." USPS Postmaster Ted Moss answered questions from the side door. Even despite the trouble Irene caused when she blew through …and more » More: continued here

Cheraw Chronicle Mulvaney meets with Mayor Hunter and post office supportersCheraw ChronicleConversation for the afternoon centered on solutions for the direction of Cheraw's historic post office. Shown center: Mayor Scott Hunter and Congressman Mick Mulvaney listen to suggestions aimed at new solutions for the Post Office Annex building. …and more » …

Three people were taken to the hospital and another 14 were decontaminated after workers in the Scott Air Force Base post office suffered nearly simultaneous skin and respiratory reactions at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. More: continued here

BATH — A public meeting has been set for Sept. 7 so Bath can make a last attempt to save its post office. More: continued here

The Bangladesh Post Office– an unexpected source of branchlessMobile-Financial.comOn a recent visit to Bangladesh Sarah Rotman and I met with Post Office Director General, Mobasherur Rahman, at his office in the middle of busy downtown Dhaka to hear about his foray into the world of branchless banking. Rahman escorts us …

KSDK Autonomy for Postal ServiceNew York Times30 editorial “Down and Out at the Post Office.” Now is the time for Congress to focus on allowing the United States Postal Service to become a truly independent entity, and to permit it to operate as any truly independent business would. …Post Office …

Empty briefcase causes scare at post officeQuad City TimesA member of the Quad-City bomb squad investigates a report of an unattended briefcase found Wednesday afternoon in the lobby of the US Post Office on Marquette Street in Davenport. (Jeff Cook/QUAD-CITY TIMES) An empty briefcase caused a two-hour scare …Bomb Scare …