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2 post offices in Bridgeport eyed for closureCt PostSara 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. Photo: Autumn Driscoll / Connecticut …Himes Fights …

Cliff Island fights to keep its post office openWLBZ-TVCLIFF ISLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — People who live on Cliff Island in Casco Bay got word this week that their post office was on the list of those slated for closure by the US Postal Service. Islanders are vowing to fight …

Five southwest Kansas post offices are facing the possibility of being shut down. More: continued here

Himes Fights Stamford Post Office ClosurePatch.comThrough letters and staff meetings, Connecticut congressman Jim Himes has actively sought to stop the United States Postal Service from closing post office branches in CT for the past two years. By Jamal Powell Glenbrook Post Office on Hope Street in …Jim Himes urges postal …

Downtown Bethesda Post Offices May Be Consolidated Within A YearPatch.comThe historic Bethesda post office may close under a proposal to close two Bethesda post offices and relocate them to a central location. The Arlington Road and Wisconsin Avenue post offices could be closed, consolidated and moved to a …Bethesda residents …

Duluth News Tribune Rural post offices may closeArgus PressThe Henderson Post Office is shown Wednesday morning. The US Postal Service is studying its Henderson and Bannister offices, along with about 3700 other offices, as part of a nationwide effort to cut costs. A man walk away from the Handy Street …

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Postal Service is considering closing more than 1 in 10 of its retail outlets.   More: continued here

Postmaster Diana Cisneros sits in the Red Cliff Post Office where she has worked for the past 25 years Wednesday in Red Cliff. The post office is one of more than 3,700 small post office across the country being evaluated for possible closure. More: continued here

The Henderson Post Office is shown Wednesday morning. The U.S. Postal Service is studying its Henderson and Bannister offices, along with about 3,700 other offices, as part of a nationwide effort to cut costs. More: continued here