With Three Post Offices, Towns Dodge Closure List [POLL]Patch.comThe US Postal Service this week released a list of 43 post offices statewide that are being considered for closure and none of the three post offices in the two towns were on the list. By Robert Gates The South Hamilton Post …
Read More »Rural post offices in area may close – Williamsport Sun-Gazette
Rural post offices in area may closeWilliamsport Sun-GazetteStill, it eventually could mean sites such as the Slate Run post office operated out of Wolfe's store will close. "Not everybody supports the local post office, but mostly they do," said Wolfe's owner Tom Finkbiner. Many area residents depend on the …Some …
Read More »Washington Square post office could close – Wausau Daily Herald
Washington Square post office could closeWausau Daily HeraldFor Patti Kittel, shipping packages out of the tiny post office inside Washington Square in downtown Wausau has become a regular affair — one that soon could come to an end. The post office, staffed for just four hours daily, is among 3600 …
Read More »Post office cuts on the Appalachian Trail may cramp hikers’ style
RALEIGH — Hiking the nearly 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail already is grueling, and the U.S. Postal Service may make it even tougher. A plan to close rural post offices could shutter several outposts long used by hikers to receive food and gear as they walk the trail from Georgia to Maine. …
Read More »Post office closures may affect survival of Appalachian Trail hikers
CLARKE CANFIELD RALEIGH, N.C. — Hiking the nearly 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail already is grueling, and the U. More: continued here
Read More »Do you think all USPS offices should be closed down? – Wall Street Journal
Kansas City Star Do you think all USPS offices should be closed down?Wall Street JournalWe have a Post Office. It is in dire financial straits and wants to close offices. The grand Pooh Bah of ?Capitalism, the WSJ, asks, should the whole thing close down? Pundits argue, its days are …
Read More »With No Debt Limit Vote, House Turns To Naming Post Offices – ABC News (blog)
With No Debt Limit Vote, House Turns To Naming Post OfficesABC News (blog)Eight post office naming bills came to the House floor just two days after the US Postal Service announced its plans to close nearly 3700 post offices this year in order to deal with its $8.3 billion budget …
Read More »Mother of fallen vet decries possible post office closing
Pamela Schwarz worked to get the Carlstadt post office dedicated to her son and another borough native, both killed in separate events in Iraq , but now the government may close the postal branch. More: continued here
Read More »Hikers say rural U.S. post office closures would make treks more pricey
RALEIGH, N.C. – Hiking the nearly 3,540-kilometre Appalachian Trail already is gruelling, and the U.S. Postal Service may make it even tougher. A plan to close rural post offices could shutter several outposts long used by hikers to receive food and gear as they walk the trail from Georgia to …
Read More »Area Residents Offer Differing Views on Possible Hills Post Office Closing – Patch.com
BrooklynPapers.com Area Residents Offer Differing Views on Possible Hills Post Office ClosingPatch.comResidents in The Hills would have to use downtown Basking Ridge office if Village Station location closes. By Linda Sadlouskos The Village Center Station US Post Office at 566 Allen Road in The Hills. For now, it's business as …
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