Post Office

The Post Office Is About To Go BustNPR (blog)This week's Bloomberg Businessweek has a good overview of the troubles facing the post office. Here are a few key excerpts: The USPS has 571566 full-time workers, making it the country's second-largest civilian employer after Wal-Mart Stores. … More: continued here

White powder shuts down Ferndale post office; substance determined to be …Times-StandardA package and bag with white powder that caused the Ferndale Post Office to close its doors for roughly one hour Thursday morning was determined to be a broken bottle of penicillin, according to investigators. Hazardous materials investigators …and …

Postal Service Still Looking for Feedback on Tariffville Post OfficePatch.comAfter an emergency suspension in February, the US Postal Service is still seeking customer feedback during a 60-day period. By Lindsay Fetzner | Email the author | 5:15am The post office was closed in February due to structural problems, … More: …

HERRIN – It’s been absent for more than four decades, but Gustaf Dalstrom’s “George Rogers Clark Conferring with Indians near Herrin Illinois,” returned to it’s original display wall at the Herrin Post Office on Thursday. More: continued here

Newnan Times-Herald Stamping Out Hunger collects 77.1 million pounds of foodEvening ObserverThis drive, which is always held the second Saturday in May, representing 1500 Post Office branches, collected a record-breaking 77.1 million pounds of food. The Fredonia Post Office once again was so successful in their support of this program. …

3 Binghamton post offices may closePress & Sun-BulletinBINGHAMTON — Jeanette Hershowitz received an unwelcome message when she visited the post office on Robinson Street on Thursday: the station, and two others in the city, could close soon. "It will be a bad thing for the East Side," she said. …and …

Postal Service to close Minn. post officesAustin HeraldMost of the post offices on that list are in towns that even well-traveled Minnesotans may be unfamiliar with, communities like Flom, Taopi or Steen. But for residents, the small towns are the centers of their universe, and losing the post office is …

Displaced Joplin Families Line Up at "Chaotic" Post OfficeOzarksFirst.comJoplin's main post office saw many displaced families lined up to get their mail Thursday. With so many homes gone, the post office has no way to deliver mail to thousands of customers. "We understand they're trying to get their mail," says …

Downtown Jonesboro Post Office to reopenKAITAccording to Leisa Tolliver-Gay with the postal service out of Little Rock, renovations are complete and the Downtown Station is set to open Monday June 6, at 8:30am. The press release said the facility will have over 600 Post Office boses for rent, …and more » …

Retirement party for Diana Buford Friday, May 27, 2011 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the lobby at the La Junta Post Office. More: continued here