Post Office

A STAMP of approval has been received for establishment of a community post office in Flushing, which has been without a postal facility for more than a year. More: continued here

The U.S. Postal Service is proposing to make the closing of the Beallsville post office permanent. The postal service closed the post office in August on an emergency basis, saying it could not negotiate a new lease with the building’s owner. More: continued here

Review Of Postal Closing RejectedFort Smith Times RecordThe Rogers Avenue branch of the US Postal Service is in Park Plaza strip mall, facing Creekmore Park. It will close March 26. The Rogers Avenue branch of the US Post Office is in Park Plaza strip mall, facing Creekmore Park. The Rogers Avenue branch of …and more »…

PensionCalculator.org Post Office launches new fixed bond and ISA issuesMyFinances.co.ukThe Post Office has launched new Online Bond and Online Saver accounts offering "consistently competitive" return rates. BM Savings, part of the Lloyds Banking Group, has launched two new bonds and ISAs that are linked to the rate of inflation. …Hot money deals, 19 July 2011Which?all…

Beallsville post office permanently closedGazette.Net: Maryland Community News OnlineThe US Postal Service is proposing to make the closing of the Beallsville post office permanent. The postal service closed the post office in August on an emergency basis, saying it could not negotiate a new lease …and more » More: continued here

By Vincent D. Scebbi MEDINA — The post office grounds received a landscaping makeover last weekend — an estimated $10,000 project — for free. Volunteers from Kenmar Lawn and Garden Care, D&Y Landscaping, Chidsey Lawn Maintenance and Touch Therapies of Ohio spent Friday through Monday pruning trees, planting perennials and shrubs and adding mulch. Smith…

On Sept. 16, 1878, the Woodstock Post Office – or Hickcox Prairie as it was known then – opened its doors, with Granger Hickcox as its first postmaster. More: continued here

Could mail delivery be cut back to three days a week? That’s not under consideration now, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Wednesday. But it’s something that could happen in 15 to 20 years. More: continued here

BBC News History of Post Office workers revealed in online archiveYorkshire PostRecords of Post Office workers dating back to 1737 were released online for the first time yesterday, including women who kept the post going during wartime – and 3000 men called Pat. Family history website Ancestry.co.uk said the collection of 1.5 …Post records reveal…

State cuts strike hard for several small museumsMonroe News StarBut following continued budget woes on the state level, at least two area museums— the Old Post Office Museum in Winnsboro and the Schepis Museum in Columbia — will not get earmarks from the Legislature this year. The lack of funding has forced the …and more »…