Post Office

Roosevelt had big role in post office's designPoughkeepsie Journal, NY –4 minutes agoMore than 70 years later, post office officials remain concerned with the upkeep of a building so deeply rooted in the community's history. … More: continued here

Coffey Post Office holds open house, swears in new postmasterGallatin North Missourian, MO –4 hours agoCoffey Post Office will hold an open house from 10 am to 1 pm on Friday, Oct. 24, and at 12:30 there will be an official swearing in ceremony for the new … More: continued here

Post Office on the hook for R1.3bnFin24, South Africa –5 minutes agoJohannesburg – The South African Post Office (Sapo) may yet be ordered to pay up to R1.3bn in compensation for breach of contract. … More: continued here

Gurley post office to get new homeABC Online, Australia –2 hours agoAustralia Post had put in place a new delivery service using roadside post boxes because it was finding it difficult to find a new agency for the town. More: continued here

Fire at post office probably caused by heat guns, wind; watch videoPoughkeepsie Journal, NY –5 hours agoThe Poughkeepsie Post Office does not appear to have any real structural damage after a fire burned the cupola on the historic Mansion Street building, … More: continued here

DWG borough, post office collecting donations for family left …Pocono Record, PA –3 hours agoThe Delaware Water Gap borough office and the post office are collecting donations for the Coscia family, who is homeless as a result of a fire Tuesday in … More: continued here

1899 post office is under threatOxford Mail, UK –2 hours agoBy Chris Kearney » A campaign has been started to try to save an Oxford post office open since 1899. The post office, based in Lloyds Pharmacy in Woodstock … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Peter Mandelson in threat to privatise Post OfficeMirror.co.uk, UK –11 hours agoThe Post Office faces a pensions shortfall and losses as people use online services. Lord Mandelson is known to favour part privatisation despite union …Mandelson quizzed by MPs over Post Office privatisation remarksScotsmanPeter Mandelson floats plans for Post Office part-privatisationguardian.co.ukPrivatisation …

In honor of Alzheimer’s Awareness the city of chiagco post office unvelas new postage stamp. More: continued here

Postal Service Adds Express Mail(R) Hold For Pickup to usps.com(R)MarketWatch –5 hours agoA Hold For Pickup package is shipped directly to a Post Office, instead of being left at the recipient's address. The package is then held at the Post… More: continued here