Post Office

The U.S. Postal Service is seeking possible locations to relocate the downtown retail counter and post office boxes and will be moving carriers out of downtown to the Main Street location to save on rent in the federal building. More: continued here

President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill that designates a United States Post Office  in Indiana as the “James M. ‘Jimmy’ Stewart Post Office Building.” More: continued here

Post office to test sales of gift cards in MayBloombergThe cards the post office plans to test, known as "open loop" cards, can be used at any merchant that accepts cards from the issuing organization. …and more » More: continued here

Letter: Post office hour cutsBCLocalNewsRecently Canada Post in the BC and Yukon has proposed widespread hour cuts in many of our offices (including post offices in Christina Lake and Greenwood), …and more » More: continued here

The post office wants to get into the gift card business. Pre-paid cards have become one of the most popular gift items and postal officials want to do more than just deliver them to the lucky recipients. More: continued here

Post office to test sales of gift cards in MayWashington PostThe cards the post office plans to test, known as "open loop" cards, can be used at any merchant that accepts cards from the issuing organization. … More: continued here

Stolen items prompt bomb scare at Pa. post officeBeaver County TimesSuspicions were raised by wires visible inside the box left in the Blandon Post Office lobby Tuesday morning. Eaken says postal workers were also suspicious …and more » More: continued here

A warning has been sounded about the state of Scotland’s post office network with Glasgow hardest hit. More: continued here

Stolen items prompt bomb scare at Pa. post officeWilkes Barre Times-LeaderSuspicions were raised by wires visible inside the box left in the Blandon Post Office lobby Tuesday morning. Eaken says postal workers were also suspicious … More: continued here

Post office in downtown St. Clair is slated for saleNew Baltimore Voice NewspapersThe US Postal Service is planning to sell the historic post office in downtown St. Clair and move services to the distribution … More: continued here