Post Office

Mayor Don Handel of Arlington, Ia., said that most of his town’s 429 residents received letters Friday, April 22, notifying them of their local post office’s imminent closure. More: continued here

Could Casey's pick up rural Iowa post office slack?DesMoinesRegister.com (blog)An intriguing idea came out of Monday night's post office closure meeting in Lohrville: Could the local Casey's General Store, one resident wondered, pick up the slack and become a postal retail outlet similar to how the grocery chains provide mail …

Could the local Casey’s pick up the slack and become a postal retail outlet similar to how the grocery chains do it in the Des Moines metro? More: continued here

Boston Globe US post office offering British wedding stampsSan Francisco ChronicleIf you're hunting royal wedding souvenirs on the US side the pond, the Postal Service is there for you. Britain's Royal Mail issued special stamps for the wedding and American postal authorities are offering them as part of a commemorative …

People in the small northeastern Iowa town of Arlington are unhappy that their post office has closed because the Postal Service can’t agree to a lease with the property owner. More: continued here

People in Iowa town upset by post office closureChicago TribuneAP People in the small northeastern Iowa town of Arlington are unhappy that their post office has closed because the Postal Service can't agree to a lease with the property owner. Residents of the 400-person town tell KWWL-TV that they feel …

LETTER: Landing post office customers will sufferDailyrecord.comAs of May 7, our Landing mail carriers will be working out of the Hopatcong Post Office. Be aware that this split will affect its customers in numerous ways. I am not sure how everyone in Landing feels but, for myself, I have always …

If you’re hunting royal wedding souvenirs on the U.S. side the pond, the Postal Service is there for you. More: continued here

Lancaster Newspapers Postal move plan booedLancaster NewspapersIf the post office shifts its distribution center from Lancaster to Harrisburg as is being proposed, it will do so without the blessing of many of its local rank and file workers. More than 200 people, many of them post …and more » More: continued …

Post office to explain business aid programArizona Daily StarThe public is invited to the ceremony at Interfaith's main office, 2820 W. Ina Road. Donations of nonperishable food items will be accepted. Interfaith Community Services is a "pantry partner" with the Community Food Bank, and in the 2009-10 fiscal …and more » …