Post Office

Closed Barton post office is found a potential new homeOxford MailBy Chris Buratta » A COMMUNITY centre in Barton could house a temporary Post Office as residents urge the service is re-opened on the estate. Space at Barton Community Centre could be offered to the Post Office following the closure …

News10.net Profiting From the Decline of the USPSSeeking AlphaThe Post Office will rise again, my friend, will rise again. Since then, things have gone downhill for the Cliff Clavins of the world — along with their venerated United States Postal Service. Like the guys that delivered the milk before them, …

A COMMUNITY centre in Barton could house a temporary Post Office as residents urge the service is re-opened on the estate. More: continued here

'Post office pair took luxury trips'The Northern EchoThe jury at Teesside Crown Court earlier heard how someone at Melsonby Post Office was repeatedly asking for extra money from Post Office Ltd – despite records showing it should have had thousands of pounds in £20 notes in its safe. …Murder trial …

A RAIDER who brought terror to an elderly couple running a village post office has been jailed for nine years. More: continued here

Post office raider jailed for nine yearsThis Is LancashireA RAIDER who brought terror to an elderly couple running a village post office has been jailed for nine years. Micah Buckle, aged 25, had been disguised and armed with a sledgehammer, when he and a masked accomplice burst into the Edenfield …

Longtime post office employees retiringGreat Falls TribuneTRIBUNE PHOTO/RION SANDERS TRIBUNE PHOTO/RION SAND When Mike Farnsworth was hired by what was then the federal Post Office Department in November 1967, it cost 5 cents to mail a letter first class, air mail was a delivery option and ZIP codes recently … …

Postal officials — eager to stave off an estimated $7 billion in losses this year — think they can save about $3 billion annually by stopping weekend mail deliveries while still keeping post offices open on Saturdays. More: continued here

Post Office Looks to End Weekend DeliveryThe LedgerBy ED O'KEEFE WASHINGTON | Postal officials — eager to stave off an estimated $7 billion in losses this year — think they can save about $3 billion annually by stopping weekend mail deliveries while still keeping post offices open on Saturdays. … …

Murder trial told of couple's weekends awayYorkshire PostA RETIRED postmaster told a jury he was surprised to find his local post office closed on occasions while the postmistress Diana Garbutt and her husband Robin were having long weekends away at “expensive” venues. Brian Willis said he had stood in as …