Post Office

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Postal Service is offering $15,000 buyouts to employees in an effort to cut costs at a time when the post office is being buffeted by the recession and the popularity of e-mail and electronic bill payment. More: continued here

Post Office closing in Bellingham's old Federal BuildingBellingham HeraldBELLINGHAM — The post office in the old Federal Building will close by the end of November, federal officials announced. As part of a nationwide effort to …and more » More: continued here

Treehugger Buyouts could save Post Office $500MCNNMoney.comAgency offers deals to 30000 employees, as advanced technology and the recession reduce the amount of work available. By Julianne Pepitone, CNNMoney.com …Postal Service Offers Employees Buyouts to QuitWashington PostPostal Service offers $15000 buyouts to cut costsThe Associated PressEast Moline Post Office announces route …

Chicago’s old Main Post Office may not be going on the auction block just yet. More: continued here

Washington Mills — A 50-year-old man with a loaded gun was arrested Monday outside the Post Office in this village just south of Utica after he allegedly made a bomb threat. More: continued here

Chuck Cook/The Times-PicayuneAfter Hurricane Katrina flooded St. Bernard Parish, a temporary post office was set up behind the post office in Covington. In this October 2005 photo, Deena Patcheco of Chalmette sorts mail for her friends and family at that… More: continued here

A developer interested in bidding on the old Chicago main post office is going to court to delay the auction. More: continued here

Treehugger Postal Service Offers Employees Buyouts to QuitWashington PostThe offer is available to Post Office retail clerks, distribution center mail handlers and clerks, and motor vehicle technicians. …Postal Service offers $15000 buyouts to cut costsThe Associated PressEast Moline Post Office announces route changesQuad-Cities OnlineNorth Park post office should remain openHenderson …

BELLINGHAM — The post office in the old Federal Building will close by the end of Novembe More: continued here

Developer wants post office auction delayedABC7Chicago.comAugust 25, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — A developer interested in bidding on the old Chicago main post office is going to court to delay the auction. … More: continued here