Post Office

The Chambersburg Post Office will close its doors Sept. 9, 44 years after it opened them. The closing comes on the heels of a U.S. Postal Service announcement that any of 3,700 locations nationwide might close to help the financially struggling… More: continued here

(Reuters) – The U.S. Postal Service, worn down by years of multibillion-dollar losses and facing insolvency next month, is lobbying Congress to pass a measure allowing it to overhaul its business model. More: continued here

Chambersburg Post Office to close in SeptemberJacksonville Journal-CourierThe closing comes on the heels of a US Postal Service announcement that any of 3700 locations nationwide might close to help the financially struggling agency, which lost $8 billion last year. For the people of Chambersburg, the post office is a big …

Passport Day set at post officesSCRANTON – The Stafford Avenue Post Office in Scranton, the Carbondale Post Office on Dundaff Street and the Clarks Summit Post Office on South State Street will host passport fairs on Saturday, Sept. 17, to process passp More: continued here

New youth opportunities in waterfowl huntsPittsburgh Post GazetteDon't scout the post office for that migratory bird brochure. In a cost-cutting change from previous years, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is releasing its listing of 2011-12 waterfowl seasons and zone maps only …and more » More: continued here

MLive.com Post office serves vital purpose in Lake MinchuminaFairbanks Daily News-Minerby Julie Collins/ In the Bush The US Postal Service does not allow Postmaster Shawna Hytry to participate in the fight to save the village post office, but the rest of the village is fighting the proposed closure of the …

Ten post office branches in Detroit are among 17 in southeastern Michigan on a U.S. Postal Service closure list. More: continued here

TROTWOOD — In a half-century of cutting hair at Trotwood Barber Shop, Jim Waggoner has seen the closing of many once-bustling businesses along East Main Street. Some have stood vacant for many years. Others were razed and returned to grassy vacant lots.The latest Trotwood institution under threat is the local …

Cities defend postal servicesDayton Daily NewsThe latest Trotwood institution under threat is the local post office, one of 120 in Ohio and almost 3700 nationwide being studied for possible closure as the US Postal Service struggles to stanch an outpouring of red ink. With more people paying bills … More: …

Rant & Rave: An awkward trailing vine at the nurseryThe Seattle TimesSeattle Times readers sing the praises of pleasant workers at Swanson's Nursery, Sluys Bakery and the post office. Rave To the nice employee at Swanson's Nursery who came up quietly behind me and said in a low voice, "Ma'am, …