Post Office

With the United States Postal Service (USPS) at least tentatively planning to close about 700 offices nationwide, everyone wants to know if the post office in their neighborhood is on the list to be shut down.Cruise through the world-wide web and you find that cities across the U.S., including Los …

Do you think a Lincoln post office should be closed to save money? Should a Lincoln post office be closed to save money? Lincoln post offices at University Place and the State Office Building have received a reprieve from possible closure at this time. More: continued here

Post office closings? Not with better marketingEast Brunswick SentinelThe Freehold Borough post office, operating out of a trailer on Lafayette Street, was scheduled to close this summer, but that has been delayed, …US Postal Service's Sticky SituationThe Epoch TimesUSPS Projects Elimination of 37M Delivery Workhours in Fiscal 2009Targeted News Service …

A pioneering Queens politician will soon get a very public tribute after U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Astoria) announced last week that the U.S. Senate passed a bill to rename the Long Island City Post Office as the “Geraldine Ferraro Post Office Building” in honor …

The local post office long has been the center of many American communities, but with people turning increasingly to the Internet to send messages and pay bills, financial losses are forcing the Postal Service to consider consolidating or closing hundreds of local facilities. More: continued here

The Edina post office at 50th and France was was spared from downsizing Friday, Aug. 7. More: continued here

WISC Fourth Avenue Ovington Post Office Not On Closing ListBrooklyn Daily EagleBy Harold Egeln BAY RIDGE – The Ovington Post Office will not be stamped out of …Fayetteville Post Office Gets Hard LookWHQR Public RadioPost Office should face new challengeMuskogee Daily PhoenixLess Snail Mail, More Red Ink At Post OfficeCBS …

A manhunt is underway in Nelson County. Deputies are searching for a man who tried to rob a postal clerk as she was opening the Piney River Post Office for business. They are offering a $10,00 reward for his apprehension. More: continued here

Save health care — and the post officeBaltimore Sun… I believe that we could ease the problem of health care for uninsured Americans by instituting health care facilities in post offices throughout the US … More: continued here

Examiner.com Learning through fun: playing post officeExaminer.comSetting up a pretend post office and mail route is an interesting project that can help kids practice skills ranging from geography to language. … More: continued here