Post Office

Reuters Postal Service threatens again to not pay retiree benefitsWashington Post (blog)30 to change a 2006 law requiring the post office to pay for future retiree benefits each year. Donahoe's predecessor, John E. Potter, last year also threatened not to pay future retiree benefits, arguing that the Postal Service couldn't …

Reuters Next up on the bailout list: The mailman?Fortune (blog)The details for the latter arguments are contained in this 2010 report from the Office of Inspector General of the United States Postal Service. Here's what I learned from the report. In 1971, the Post Office Department of the US government …

A public meeting is set on a proposal by the U.S. Postal Service to move some mail processing operations at the Lincoln downtown post office to Omaha to lower costs and increase efficiency. More: continued here

Cora post office faces closure after 119 yearsPinedale RoundupThe Cora Post Office— the 119-year-old historic community center — is one of eight post offices in Wyoming facing a possible closure. Residents using the post office were notified earlier this month with a letter from the US Postal Service (USPS). …Citizens …

EL PASO- The United States Postal Service will open a new Contract Postal Unit on North Mesa at 9 a.m. on May 23. read more More: continued here

Signed, sealed, delivered: Westport lawyer buys post officeWestport-NewsA Westport lawyer purchased the Post Road East building that houses the town's post office for $2.3 million from the US Postal Service on Wednesday, according to real estate broker Skip Lane. The lawyer, whose name was not immediately disclosed, …Done Deal: Westport …

The United States Postal Service has announced that the post office in Waterville, Ohio will not close, as was previously reported. More: continued here

Waterville post office to stay putToledo BladeThe US Postal Service on Thursday reached a lease agreement with the owner of building where the Waterville post office is located, meaning the office will not be shifting any of its operations to the Maumee Post Office. All services will remain at the …

Downtown business owners concerned over post office changesMorning TimesBy Morning Times ATHENS BOROUGH — While the Athens Post Office may not be closing “at this time” according to officials from the United States Post Office, the impending changes that will occur at the South Main Street facility on June 4 …

U.S. Postal Service Expands to 100000 LocationsPR Newswire (press release)With Post Office hours usually ending by 5 pm or earlier, customers can send a Priority Mail Flat Rate Box and buy Forever stamps as long as the alternate sites are open – often as late as 9 pm Some sites …