Post Office

Brown honored on day that almost didn’t happenRoanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC –1 hour agoPassing unanimously in the House, the resolution to honor Brown by naming the Weldon Post Office after him was scheduled to go to the Senate but Michigan …Butterfield says Obama planning cabinet of ‘excellence’Roanoke Rapids Daily Heraldall 2 …

A ground breaking ceremony took place Thursday, Nov. 13, for the new Albany Post Office. The new building is located at 2nd Street and Railroad Avenue and will replace the old one currently located on 5th Street. More: continued here

As temperatures continue to drop, student groups can now escape the cold of the Main Green by tabling indoors, in the University Post Office in the J. Walter Wilson building. Starting Monday, the Student Activities Office made slots available for tabling in the post office for the first time this …

A U.S. Post Office was renamed Monday to honor the congressman assassinated 30 years ago by followers of Rev. Jim Jones’ San Francisco-based Peoples Temple. More: continued here

The Ouachita Parish Police Jury will ask federal officials for a post office in southeastern Ouachita Parish. More: continued here

The Post Office will axe two further Dorset branches which had been put “under review”. More: continued here

Lindsay Mackie: How Lord Mandelson’s plans to revitalise the Post Office network could help guide the economy through testing times More: continued here

Newbury Weekly News Group Policy change too late to save Welwyn Garden City post officeTimes 24, UK –4 hours agoSir – I write to express my consternation about what is happening – or NOT happening – to our post office network. First, we have the torture arising from …Post office branch threatened …

Armed robbers flee Sutton Coldfield post office empty-handedBirmingham Post, UK –3 minutes agoArmed robbers threatened staff at gunpoint during a hold-up in a packed post office in Sutton Coldfield yesterday. The two thugs brandishing a shotgun and … More: continued here

Post Office gets a faceliftWicked Local Provincetown, MA –2 hours agoBy Pru Sowers While it is not officially a historic building, the 77-year-old post office here does have its share of antique charm, with high ceilings and … More: continued here