Post Office

Times Online Jacqui Smith enlists high street help for ID cards schemeguardian.co.uk, UKThe Post Office, the National Pharmacy Association and the Photo Marketing Association are all in talks with the Home Office over the contract. The cost report puts the figure for issuing ID cards to British and Irish citizens in …

Downtown post office off the market for nowTampa Tribune, FL – George WilkensBy GEORGE WILKENS PLANT CITY – Postal officials announced Thursday that they have "no immediate plans," to close the downtown post office. Rumblings about the potential closing triggered a large-scale petition drive to save the post office, … More: continued here

City Attorney takes on post officeSan Francisco Chronicle,  USA – Mike KepkaHerrera had threatened to file the lawsuit weeks ago, sending a letter to the US Attorney's Office to announce his intentions. He said he got a 7-page letter from the post office in response, which amounted to seven pages of "pretty …

Du Quoin Post Office Earns Perfect 100Du Quoin Evening Call, ILReaching a 100 percent at any goal can be hard to achieve, but don't tell that to the employees at the Du Quoin Post Office. They ended Fiscal Year 2008 with a Voice of the Employee (VOE) score of 100 percent. …

ITV.com Post office sale could finally see Brown sent packingThe Herald, UK – Ken SmithRe-absorb the "counters" business, meanwhile – your local post office – and you have the makings of the People's Bank that remains an urgent requirement. There could be a use, even yet, for Northern Rock and the bits of …

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night is the unofficial motto of postal employees. That motto could describe Shelbyville Post Office employee Bill Baird. For 42 years Baird worked as the custodian for the Shelbyville facility. More: continued here

NOCATEE — Like the fictional Boston pub in the TV sitcom “Cheers,” the Nocatee post office is a place where “everybody knows your name.” Small-town post offices are like that, as they often serve as the information and social hub of rural communities. Nocatee is no exception. More: continued here

The City of Elmira has applied for $1.25 million in grants to improve the look and safety of the former Post Office building, but the proposed developer hasn’t lined up… More: continued here

Borough council voted unanimously Monday night to condemn the post office on North McKean Street. More: continued here

AFL-CIO Food drive set for SaturdaySouthwest Virginia Today, VA – Wayne QuesenberryThose with post office boxes may bring food items to their local post office lobby. “Last year, we did really well,” remarked Margie Austin, supervisor of the Wytheville Post Office. “We hope to collect more this year or at least match what …