Khaleej Times Saddam gets stamp of disapproval from Iraqi showAFPBAGHDAD (AFP) — Famous figures from Hitler to the first king of Iraq are among the people portrayed in a stamp exhibition at Baghdad Central Post Office but one executed Iraqi tyrant is conspicuous by his absence. The government has banned pictures of …Saddam Hussain stamps…
Columbus Dispatch As mail dwindles, post office strugglesColumbus Dispatch, OH – Jeb PhillipsBy Jeb Phillips Harry Minck buys stamps from Bev Wilson at a post office on Leap Road in Hilliard. Minck was stocking up before rates go up on May 11. Forever stamps still will be good. You remember when a stamp cost 15 cents, the same…
New York Daily News Post office stamped out, close for Brighton Beach site that lost leaseNew York Daily News, NY – Veronika BelenkayaBY Veronika Belenkaya The Post Office at 3157 Coney Island Avenue in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn that is slated to close. A busy Brighton Beach post office will close in December, leaving residents fearful they will be…
DMN Problem Solver: Tax filers say post office didn't deliver on …Dallas Morning News, TXBoyd said workers were inside the Dallas Main Post Office on Interstate 30 until 12:30 am that night to handle that type of mail. After last week's column, in which a reader said she'd been double-billed by TXU Energy, more than a…
Craig briefs: Post Office: Help ‘Stamp Out Hunger'Craig Daily Press, COMore than 10000 communities and Post Offices in all 50 states are participating this year. In addition, King Soopers and City Market supermarkets across Colorado are supporting the Letter Carriers Food Drive for the hungry this year. … More: continued here
New York Daily News First-class ripoff: News experiment finds pricier priority mail …New York Daily News, NY – Tracy ConnorBY Tracy Connor Dozens of retired mailboxes sit in a parking lot at a US Post Office sort center. Do you believe priority mail is worth the price? Yes. I have had great results with it. Priority mail? It…
Fresno Unified office once a post officeFresno Bee, CA – Gloria AlamilloQuestion: I work in the former downtown post office at Tulare and M streets. What is the history of this building? Was it once a courthouse? Answer: Construction of Fresno's 90000-square-foot main post office began in April 1939 and the facility opened … More: continued here
Annual reports on the Post Office networkMedia Newswire (press release), NYThe Government has tabled an amendment to the Postal Services Bill today to ensure that robust and transparent information about the Post Office network is published every year. The amendment introduces a new requirement for the Post Office to produce … More: continued here
The Express Times – LehighValleyLive.com Food banks see more who need and more who giveUSA Today – Wendy KochPostal workers and volunteers pick up non-perishable food people leave at their mailboxes or the post office. Al Brislain of the Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida says, "We couldn't feed people in the summer if it weren't…
Burnham-On-Sea Fire crew investigate incident at Burnham-On-Sea post officeBurnham-On-Sea, UKA fire crew rushed to the centre of Burnham-On-Sea on Sunday evening (May 3rd) to investigate a sighting of smoke rising above the town's post office. One fire engine was called to Vicarage Street, as pictured, at around 4.30pm after a nearby resident … More: continued…