Post Office

Appalling service at post officeThe Star, UKTo top it all, the usual experience at the Hillsborough Post Office in the Co-op – long queues with only two to three windows open and as it got towards lunchtime, probably the Post Office's busiest time of the day, no extra staff were put …

Passport office lethargy putsExpress Buzz, IndiaThe staff at the Speed Post counter at RS Puram Head Post Office also said the same. Shameer said he had visited the Chennai Regional Passport Office a couple of times, but it had a stock reply: the document had been despatched. … More: continued here

Downtown Now! Awards Programming Grants for the Old Post Office PlazadBusinessNews St. Louis (press release), MOSt. Louis – Downtown Now! has announced the recipients of the grant funds for programming in its new Old Post Office Plaza, located downtown on Locust between 8th and 9th streets. Downtown Now! awarded approximately $30000 …

AFP Japan expects worst post-war economic slumpAFPThe Japanese economy probably shrank at an annualised pace of 14 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter to March, the Cabinet Office estimated, as it tore up its previous forecast for zero growth in the coming year. The revisions were "necessary to show …Japan …

Dhandhoo Post Office openedMiadhu, MaldivesA post office has been opened in Ga Dhandhoo as part of the government efforts to widen postal services in the country. The Dhandhoo post office which was opened on Sunday was inaugurated by Chairman of Maldives Post Ltd Ismail Rasheed. … More: continued here

Bronson man sought by Levy sheriffChiefland Citizen, FLBy Staff Report A Bronson man being sought in connection with a shooting behind the Bronson Post Office— an area the Sheriff's Office has said is know for drug dealing — is being sought. Aaron Sysvester “Doughboy” Hope, of Boundary Street, Bronson, …Bronson man …

VIDEO EXTRA: With naming of city post office, Rocky Marciano gets …Wicked Local Brockton, MAThe city's main post office on Commercial Street will be named for him at a special ceremony at 2 pm today. And the World Boxing Council plans to erect a statue of the champ in his hometown …

Not set in stoneHenderson Gleaner, KYBy Jimmy Nesbitt (Contact) The Old Post Office, long regarded as one of Downtown's signature buildings, is struggling to keep tenants and is in need of expensive repairs. Tucker Publishing, a tenant since 1999 that had expanded to occupy the second … More: continued here

A NEW HOME Winthrop Post Office finally fully accessibleKennebec Journal, MEBY MEGHAN V. MALLOY TRIMMING: Bruce Perkins measures for trim over the front door as a crew puts the finishing touches on the new US Post Office in Winthrop Saturday morning. WINTHROP — After 20 years of advocating for handicapped-accessible entrances …

Associated Press – April 25, 2009 11:45 AM ET TULSA, Okla. (AP) – Elected officials in Tulsa are hoping to convince the U.S. Postal Service not to close a post office in a depressed… More: continued here