Post Office

Sutton shows support for South Lorain Post OfficeThe Morning JournalSutton this month sent a letter to US Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe asking to reconsider closing the offices and consolidating their operations into the Lorain Post Office on Colorado Avenue. Lorain City Council on July 18 also adopted a … …

What Strikes Are Costing The Canadian EconomySan Francisco ChronicleOne of the latest incidents, a series of postal worker strikes in early June, led to a lockout of 48000 unionized post office employees that essentially shut down Canada's state-run postal system. The government has since stepped in to resolve the …and …

Postal preview underway of next year's stampsSacramento BeeAP WASHINGTON — The post office is offering a sneak peek at some of the stamps it plans to issue next year. The stamps can be previewed on Facebook at facebook.com/USPSStamps, through Twitter (at)USPSstamps or on the post office website, …Postal preview underway …

Today in History: July 19, 2011Record-SearchlightIn 1911: The Redding Post Office, in common with other post offices in the state, considered closing all day Sunday. Local postmaster Drynan was to seek the opinion of the public. The office remained opened one hour on Sundays for the time being. …and more » …

More than ten percent of the national savings market in Ireland is now controlled by the Irish Post Office (An Post). Over $7 billion has been placed in Irish post offices since 2008. More: continued here

Read today’s obituaries from The Birmingham News. More: continued here

John Loewy: Punished at the Breckenridge POSummit Daily NewsHere is a word of warning to Breckenridge PO box holders who receive an annual notice that they must renew their “no fee” post office box. After six years of dutifully returning my signed form in person, I made the egregious error …

USA Today Rural communities may lose post officesSuperior TelegramBecause of that, the Postal Service could close up to 28 rural post offices in Wisconsin. It looks at a post office's usage and whether another facility is nearby. Nowacki says if the post offices close, rural carriers will provide services to …

Man arrested over Bugle robberyBBC NewsPolice have arrested a man in Gloucestershire in connection with an attempted burglary at a post office in Cornwall. Ten police cars were involved in a pursuit on the M5 in Gloucestershire. One lane remained closed after the arrests were made near …and more » More: …

Officials for the financially stressed U.S. Postal Service are studying whether some functions at the mail-processing center in downtown Dayton could be moved to a similar facility in Columbus.The study of operations at the 450-employee center on Fifth Street will take two months to complete, said David Walton, a USPS …