Imnaha Post Office on list for possible closureWallowa County CheiftainIMNAHA – The Imnaha Post Office is on a long list of retail post offices around the country to be studied for possible closure by the financially-strapped US Postal Service. “I can't discuss that,” said Bonnie Marks, Imnaha postmaster for 18 …
Read More »Bronx mail workers enveloped in anger over federal closures – New York Daily News
New York Daily News Bronx mail workers enveloped in anger over federal closuresNew York Daily NewsPostal workers take their anger to the street outside the post office on the Grand Concourse after federal officials released a plan to close several sites throughout the city. BRONX RESIDENTS and workers are going …
Read More »Post office closures could leave many customers without a stamping ground – Los Angeles Times
Post office closures could leave many customers without a stamping groundLos Angeles TimesA woman walks her dog past the Arcade Post Office on South Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles. It's on a list of 3653 US post offices being considered for possible closure. (Brian van der Brug / Los …
Read More »Post office a long way from final decision on Tarrant County closures – Fort Worth Star Telegram
Morning Sentinel Post office a long way from final decision on Tarrant County closuresFort Worth Star TelegramMany such "Village Post Office" locations offer longer hours than those the service operates. The growing popularity of usps.com is a bright spot for the agency's future. But more customers gravitating to online services …
Read More »Residents in W.Va., across rural America worried about post office closings
By Harry R. Weber The Associated Press ODD, W.Va.– For rural America, the post office is more than a convenient place to mail letters. Its income in areas where jobs are scarce, a place to pay the bills and, at times, a ne… More: continued here
Read More »Two Adams County post offices face possible closure – The People’s Defender
Kansas City Star Two Adams County post offices face possible closureThe People’s DefenderA list of 3700 post offices in a study by USPS of post offices across the country also includes the Rarden Post Office in Scioto County and the Decatur Post Office in Brown County. "It will take four …
Read More »Loss of Shorterville post office would “hurt real bad” – Dothan Eagle
Duluth News Tribune Loss of Shorterville post office would "hurt real bad"Dothan EagleSHORTERVILLE — AD Grimsley has been visiting the Shorterville Post Office his entire life, and he believes it's one of the things that holds the tiny community together. “It's very important, this is where all the mail comes …
Read More »2 post offices in Bridgeport eyed for closure
Sara Laden picks up her mail from the Barnum post office, on Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport, Thursday, July 28, 2011. The Barnus station is one of two Bridgeport Post Offices recently targeted for possible closure. More: continued here
Read More »Post office closures would hurt hikers
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — 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 …
Read More »Miracle Mile Million Mile Man delivers last letter
FT. MYERS, Fla. — Bill Wiemer has more than 3 decades of service with the Post Office, and you won’t believe how many miles he’s racked up! More: continued here
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