Post Office

In the small foothill town of Hornitos, the U.S. post office is more than just a place to pick up mail. Outside the tiny office in the plaza of the former Gold Rush town, there’s a bulletin board featuring “Hornitos News.” Everything from funeral services to Mariposa County Board of …

HUNTER — In an effort to reduce costs, the U.S. Postal Service is looking at closing its smallest usage offices, and replacing them with contracts for existing storefront businesses to conduct the service. More: continued here

Catskill Daily Mail USPS to skip multiple York offices in round of closuresYork WeeklyDozens of people interviewed this week said York does not need four post offices. The majority of York residents interviewed outside of the York Village Post Office this week said York Harbor would be their first choice …

HORNITOS – In the small foothill town of Hornitos, the U.S. post office is more than just a place to More: continued here

OLIVET — The phrase “You’ve got mail!” may take on a new — and more distant — meaning at the Hutchinson County courthouse. More: continued here

Save the Post Office!Washington Post (blog)By Lisa Rein The post office in rural Brownstown has been proposed for closure, one of 39 Washington state post offices under review by the US Postal Service. (AP Photo/Yakima Herald-Republic, Gordon King) (Gordon King – AP) He's a new blogger named …and more » More: …

OSHKOSH The U.S. mail processing center in Green Bay lacks enough space to adequately absorb Oshkosh operations and is less efficient, according to an audit released last week. More: continued here

BBC News Ten-week-old tot taken in €600000 tiger raidIrish IndependentA 10-week-old baby was held hostage in the latest tiger kidnapping in which up to €600000 was stolen from a post office. The family was targeted by a gang of up to five men at their home in Drogheda, Co Louth, …

Post Office Also Alerted Police About House Where Body Was FoundHartford CourantA postal carrier reported to police in May that mail was building up uncollected at the house where a woman's body was discovered Friday, a spokeswoman for the US Postal Service said Tuesday …Postal Service studies closure of West …

ACLU cheers changes at Gypsum post officeCanadianBusiness.com(AP) — A woman who the American Civil Liberties Union says was wrongly denied a post office box in Gypsum now has one. The ACLU says Griselda Duarte had tried getting a post office box by presenting a US immigration visa and a Mexican …