Post Office

Examiner.com Deer Harbor on Orcas Island fights to save its Post OfficeExaminer.comThe US Postal Service, in an effort to cut expenses has been closing rural post offices across the US. For many small communities, like Deer Harbor, Washington, the post office is the heart of the community. So when the …

PHOENIX (AP) – The U.S. Postal Service is reconsidering its decision to cut all funding to a Phoenix post office that serves homeless clientele. The post office at Lodestar Day Resource Center, a 12-acre More: continued here

Post office savings may gain if bank rates declineLivemint, IndiaNew Delhi: When the choppy stock markets turned consumers to safer fixed-income products last year, India's multiple post office saving schemes did not gain popularity as was anticipated. But financial planners say post office schemes may turn … More: continued here

Japan Post Privatization Takes Fresh HitWall Street JournalIn Japan, post offices have traditionally served as providers of financial services, gathering deposits and selling low-cost insurance products. This is particularly true in rural areas, where the post office is often the last establishment left in … More: continued here

A leaking package of pest control products sickened two postal workers and caused the evacuation of the O’Fallon Post Office’s parking lot on Thursday morning, according to O’Fallon Post Office Supervisor Shaun Laslie. More: continued here

Post office raiders huntedTeleText, UKPolice are hunting three men who held a couple at a New Forest post office and stole £16000 from the safe. The robbers held the occupants in a back room of the post office in Cadnam while the premises were searched. Police believe the three men drove …

Chicago Tribune Postal service: Post office building sale won't hurt service in …Palm Beach Daily News, FLBy MARGIE KACOHA Palm Beachers will still be able to buy stamps, ship packages and maintain a post office box somewhere in the immediate neighborhood if and when the United States Postal Service sells its …

Post office serving the homeless saved from shutting downABC15.com (KNXV-TV), AZA Phoenix post office branch serving the homeless will remain open thanks to donations from Valley foundations and individuals. The facility at the Lodestar Day Resource Center near 11th Avenue and Jackson Street serves about 3000 homeless people. … More: continued …

A leaking package of pest control products sickened two postal workers and caused the evacuation of the O’Fallon Post Office’s parking lot on Thursday morning, according to O’Fallon Post Office Supervisor Shaun Laslie. More: continued here

GENEVA – For more than seven decades, its customers came to the historical Geneva Post Office on Third Street, where they mailed and collected packages and letters and bought stamps. More: continued here