Post office explores possible Ohio consolidationFOX19YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) – The struggling US Postal Service is looking at whether to combine some of its larger mail sorting centers in Ohio. The Vindicator newspaper reports the post office will study a possible transfer of its Youngstown mail processing …and more » More: continued here
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe says cutting back mail delivery to three days a week is not under consideration right now, but could happen in 15 or 20 years if mail volume continues to decline More: continued here
Five eastern Oregon post offices were broken into over weekendOntario Argus ObserverMalheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe said a sheriff's deputy responded to the incident Saturday morning at the Jamieson Post Office in which somebody broke into the post office and several post office boxes and took several pieces of mail. …and more » More: continued here
USA Today Post office: 3 days-per-week delivery not plannedThe Associated PressThanks to the decline in mail volume caused by the recession, and as people shift to the Internet for letters and bill paying, the post office had a loss of $8 billion last year and is headed for a similar loss this year. In its…
After getting digital innovation award and short-listed for mBillionth Award South Asia 2011, Bangladesh Post Office’s electronic money transfer service (EMTS) has now been nominated for UN-based prestigious World Summit Award. More: continued here
CNET 'Mobile Man': Nokia green envoy made of old phonesCNETMobile Man, who's made of old phones from head to toe, takes a reading break at a Beijing, China, post office. I really want to believe this Nokia robot made of used cell phones is just out to promote green living. …and more » More: continued here
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HispanicBusiness.com (press release) USPS to mount nationwide review of post office networkPost and ParcelThe Postal Service revised its procedures for post office closures earlier this month, ahead of its review to examine which post offices should be closed based on workload, customer demand and proximity to alternate access points for postal products …Betty Sutton joins…
Hacker Valley to get bids for new post officeCharleston GazetteThe US Postal Service has agreed to ask again for bids for a Hacker Valley contract post office. Service was suspended at the Hacker Valley Post Office in 2009. Four months ago the bid process for a contract post office to serve the Webster County ……
Could mail delivery be cut back to three days-a-week? That’s not under consideration right now, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Wednesday. But it’s something that could happen in 15 to 20 years. More: continued here