Post Office

Local news in brief: Shooting kills 1, wounds 1Detroit Free Press, United States –21 minutes agoThe offices are to close their retail lobby operations at 5 pm Wednesday and Friday; all post offices are closed Thursday. The main Detroit post office and … More: continued here

Methwold reopens village post officeNorfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK –3 minutes agoCommunity spirit triumphed at the weekend as a Norfolk village bucked the trend and reopened its post office. The general store and post office at Methwold, … More: continued here

stv.tv Fife Post Office card account contract to be renewedstv.tv, UK –54 minutes agoLocal politicians in Fife have welcomed news that the government is to renew the Post Office's pensions and benefits card account contract. … More: continued here

Send letters to Santa Claus through E-burg post officePocono Record, PA –3 minutes agoLetters to Santa can be dropped off at the East Stroudsburg post office (no postage required) or mailed to Santa at the East Stroudsburg post office. … More: continued here

Council against Post Office cutting hoursNewnan Times-Herald, GA –2 minutes agoThe post office also increases tax revenues for the city, according to the resolution. The resolution requests that the facility maintain regular business … More: continued here

Boston Globe With his pen, Japanese artist livens officeBoston Globe, United States –9 hours ago(Blaine Harden/Washington Post) By Blaine Harden TOKYO – The American poet Theodore Roethke called it "the inexorable sadness of pencils. … More: continued here

Michael Meacher: The government’s decision on the post office card account shows that it is finally listening. Now it must do more More: continued here

Manassas resident Joyce Rowand equates one thing with the Old Town post office — and it’s not mail. More: continued here

Toys for Tots at Post OfficeNJ.com, NJ –4 hours agoby The Chronicle CRANFORD–The Cranford Firemen's Mutual Benevolent Association, along with the Cranford Post Office has once again joined forces with the … More: continued here

Voice of America Summers Said to Be Obama Pick for Top Economic Post (Update1)Bloomberg –4 hours ago… Budget Office, to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget, the third top post, a congressional aide and a party official said last week. …Video: Obama taps Geithner for Treasury-NBCReutersVideoObama to confirm …