Post Office

A local post office was renamed on Sunday afternoon in honor of a Fall River Army National Guard soldier killed last year in Afghanistan. More: continued here

Post Office Renamed In Honor Of Slain SoldierWCVB-TVA local post office was renamed on Sunday afternoon in honor of a Fall River Army National Guard soldier killed last year in Afghanistan. Dozens of people turned out for the dedication of the newly named Sgt. Robert Barrett Post Office Building at 2 … More: continued here

Post Office Customers OutragedMadison County CourierUSPS has slated more than 50 post offices in the upstate area for closure, and several thousand nationwide. Customers of the Leonardsville PO are outraged at the shotgun tactics, unwritten criteria and financially unsound reasoning being used by the … More: continued here

Postal officials will reconsider their decision to close a downtown Raleigh post office in response to pleas from city officials to save the historic facility, a mayor’s office spokesman said Saturday. More: continued here

Foreign Office fast becoming a post officePakTribune.comISLAMABAD: As Pakistan is into multiple diplomatic crises, the Foreign Office has virtually become a post office when even its press releases are drafted somewhere else with strict instruction of not changing the "ifs" and "buts" of the draft. …and more » More: continued here

SMITHVILLE – After weeks of uncertainty about the future status of a post office in Smithville, talks are under way that could lead the U.S. Postal Service to re-establish a presence in the tornado-ravaged town. More: continued here

Post Office Retail Lobbies Closed Memorial DayPatch.comRetail counters at Post Offices in Central and Northeastern Missouri will be closed Monday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day. There will be no mail delivery, caller service or Post Office Box service. …Elmore's Iowa postal patrons will change addressesFaribault County RegisterSun is setting on rural post officesWHNTIowa…

RANDOLPH – Folks in some towns might sit quietly as the U.S. Postal Service looks at closing their local post office, accepting it as an inevitable result of a declining population and the rise of the Internet. More: continued here

UC Grad Accused of Embezzling Post Office in 1907Patch.comThis week's Historic Pinole involves the arrest of a young man accused of embezzling $10 while serving as a clerk at a Berkeley post office. It comes from the April 12, 1907 edition of The San Francisco Call newspaper. We have not changed punctuation … More: continued…

Post offices have been shuttered, mailboxes removed — and Saturday delivery may be next to go. Things just keep getting worse for the U.S. Postal Service. More: continued here