Post Office

By Katie Park, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, August 3, 2011 The post office at 45 Causeway Blvd. on Clearwater Beach faced the same prospect in 2009 but was eventually spared. CLEARWATER BEACH — It takes two minutes for Brad Yourth to bike from his home to the post office in …

Jonesburg mail carriers are scheduled to begin working out of the Warrenton Post Office Aug. 13, one of many cost-saving measures proposed by the U.S. Postal Service. More: continued here

Chris Howes (pictured), town councillor for Chatteris in Cambridgeshire was told by Post Office officials they had to ‘de-risk multi-floor working’ when he complained about plans to shut his local sorting office. More: continued here

A sign of the tough economic times, the Postal Service is looking at mail processing operations at one of its Plattsburgh, NY offices, and thinking about shifting those functions to Burlington, VT. More: continued here

International Business Times Will Your Local U.S. Post Office Be Closed Soon?International Business TimesBut ask an American if the Postal Service should close a money-losing post office in their town, city, or county, and most will say "No way." However, at least for now, the question remains moot. Here' s …

Tampabay.com Clearwater Beach post office is on list again for possible closureTampabay.comCLEARWATER BEACH — It takes two minutes for Brad Yourth to bike from his home to the post office in the Clearwater Municipal Marina. Five minutes, if he walks. Yourth worries it might take much longer for him to …

A big chunk of Baltimore’s post offices could be closing their doors. Wednesday, city leaders and community members gathered to protest the proposed cuts. More: continued here

Q: For several years, the post office has been closing early on holiday weekends. For example, it closed at 2 p.m. on the Friday before the Fourth of July, was also closed on that Saturday and, of course, was closed on Monday, which was the Fourth. More: continued here

BBC News An Post defends security measuresIrish TimesFigures supplied by An Post to The Irish Times show there were 51 post office robberies and attempted robberies in 2007 with 59 the following year, 2008. That figure almost doubled to 100 in 2009, when many organised crime gangs turned to robberies …

ACLU confrontation with Gypsum post office resolvedEagle Valley EnterpriseThe US Postal Service says it was all a misunderstanding. Last week, the ACLU sent a letter to the Gypsum post office that alleged Duarte's First Amendment rights had been violated. According to the ACLU, Latinos living in Gypsum were being singled-out …