Post Office

Massive fire engulfs Birmingham post office, pizzeriaChronicle-Telegram, OHBIRMINGHAM — The landscape of this community’s tiny downtown changed dramatically Tuesday as a fire ripped through the post office and a local restaurant — destroying both in a fire whose smoke was visible from miles away. The fire, which broke out … More: …

Roanoke Times Post office delivers bad newsRoanoke Times, VAA Bath County community is upset to learn its post office could close after more than six decades of service. By Courtney Cutright Postmaster LaDonna Smith rings up a bill last week for area businessman Nelson Hoy at the post office in Williamsville. …

Cost-Cutting May Shut Downtown Post OfficeTampa Tribune, FLBy GEORGE WILKENS PLANT CITY – The downtown post office, a fixture since 1935, could close under a planned consolidation of facilities to cut costs, according to the US Postal Service. A nationwide survey of facilities that can be eliminated through … More: continued …

Penn to convert post–office parking lots into parkBlinq, PABy Vernon Clark A 14-acre stretch of former US Postal Service parking lots in West Philadelphia is set to get a green makeover, transforming it to open space and athletic fields. The University of Pennsylvania announced today that it would spend $40 …Positioning …

NORTHAMPTON – The lines could be moving more slowly at the U.S. Post Office on Bridge Street as three clerks are scheduled to be reassigned. More: continued here

EASTVILLE — The Northampton County Sheriff’s office is investigating a Feb. 22 breaking and entering at the town post office on Willow Oak Road. More: continued here

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – If you’d like to know how to protect yourself from identity theft, you’ll want to go to the main Salt Lake Post Office… More: continued here

UPDATED: Post office openPort Huron Times Herald, MIThe Marysville Post Office is back in business after a car rammed into it Monday afternoon. Marysville Police Sgt. Tom Cowhy said and an 82-year-old Marysville woman was pulling into a parking spot when she said her breaks failed or she accidentally …Marysville post …

HANCOCK – The United States Postal Service is a business, and like all businesses, it is always looking for ways to reduce costs. A cost-cutting idea currently under consideration is reducing the number of workers at the Hancock post office. Marge Oehlke, regional communication manager for the USPS in Honey …

South Florida’s post-office box customers should be finding it easier to recycle their mail. Post offices now have 23-gallon recycling bins with a slim opening that are kept locked. More: continued here