Post Office

They come in marking moments with birthday cards, love letters, and wedding presents. They come for passport applications and money orders. They come to return unwanted items and pick up shiny new ones. And on ordinary days, customers come inside the Main Street post office in Manayunk to mail bills …

The Postal Service said Friday it lost $3.1 billion in the April through June period and could be forced to default on payments due to the federal government when the fiscal year ends in September. More: continued here

Lila Heitshusen has some practical concerns if the post office in Uehling would close. More: continued here

You've got mail: online purchases make post office prosperLaunceston TimesA 24-hour pick-up hub run by Australia Post at St Leonards is being trialled and ''the post office of the future'', being trialled in Brisbane, will have 24-hour parcel lockers. Mr Twomey said: ''It's reinvigorating a bit of excitement about getting …

Daily Mail Post office loses $3.1B last quarterDeseret NewsOn the positive side, Donahoe said, there has been an increase in parcels business as the post office carries more items purchased via the Internet. The post office has asked Congress to change or drop the requirement that it make a $5.5 …

Residents in rural Mendota might lose post officeWestport-NewsHis shop shares a building with the city's post office, which on any given day is frequented by many of the town's 200 residents, who must go there to pick up their mail. Like many rural outposts, mail is not delivered. "The foot …

Politico Postmaster General: Need to cut Saturday mail deliveryNorth Platte BulletinThe nation's post office is going broke, he said July 22 at the 50th annual Government Affairs Conference in Washington, and it needs a long-term strategy rather than another band-aide fix, which in his view includes a cut from six-day …

What we'll lose if we lose our post officesHouston ChronicleInstead, I've become fascinated with the history of the post office and increasingly concerned about its future. The financially struggling USPS recently announced that it is targeting nearly 3700 post offices for possible closure, including several in …Blumenthal and Himes Advocate …

Residents in rural Mendota might lose post officeGreenwich TimeHis shop shares a building with the city's post office, which on any given day is frequented by many of the town's 200 residents, who must go there to pick up their mail. Like many rural outposts, mail is not delivered. "The …

WASHINGTON – The Postal Service said Friday it lost $3.1 billion in the April through June period and could be forced to default on payments due to the federal government when the fiscal year ends in September. More: continued here