Post Office

It usually happens in small remote towns, but this time it’s a central Auckland suburb fighting to save its post office. More: continued here

Orleans, Vt., post office to offer special Relay for Courage postmarkThe RepublicAP ORLEANS, Vt. — The post office in Orleans are offering a special postmark for a local event to help raise money for the American Cancer Society. On Saturday, customers may have their letters and postcards stamped with the …

Colorado’s U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall sent a letter to the Postmaster General this week that voiced their concern for the U.S. Postal Service’s recent proposal to close rural post offices. More: continued here

Joplin’s Station “A” Post Office Branch at 32nd and Main streets will reopen to the public Monday morning. It was closed after the May 22 tornado. More: continued here

Thirty Arkansas post offices face possible closure by the U.S. Postal Service as the agency struggles to cope with multibillion dollar losses. USPS spokesman Stephen Seewoester confirmed via email that the agency is considering “discontinuing” the post offices in Ozan, Ogd… More: continued here

750 KXL Postal clerk stabbed in arm after confrontation in downtown PortlandOregonLive.comBy Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian View full sizeMaxine Bernstein/The OregonianA Portland police officer walks along Southwest Clay Street near University Station post office a few minutes after a postal clerk was stabbed in the hand by an assailant. …Report: …

Post office stamped with Jimmy Stewart's nameTribune ReviewOn a picture-perfect afternoon that would leap off the silver screen, Indiana's post office was renamed to honor the town's most famous son. The facility along South Seventh Street will be known as the James M. "Jimmy" Stewart …Native Son, Hollywood Legend Honored …

Senators voice concerns over potential rural post office closuresGreeley Tribune“Small and remote communities, especially rural and mountain regions, often depend on the local post office as an accessible representation of the federal government for their mail service,” the letter said. New Raymer, a town in northeast Weld County, …and more » …

Prison time for former post office employeeMoultrie ObserverMOULTRIE — A former postal worker in Moultrie was sentenced Thursday to a six-month prison sentence in a federal courtroom in Albany. US District Judge W. Louis Sands also sentenced Terrell “Chick” Croft, 60, of Moultrie to six months of home …Postal worker …

The post office on Greenwich Avenue. Photo: ST, File Photo / Greenwich Time File Photo GREENWICH — It looks like real estate magnate and Greenwich resident Peter Malkin is adding to his collection of landmark buildings. More: continued here