Post Office

Post office offers early retirementsCasa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ –11 hours agoThe retirement offers, approved by the federal Office of Personnel Management, also can be extended to headquarters personnel. … More: continued here

Audit office probe into Post Office closuresLancashire Telegraph, UK –11 hours agoBy Ben Briggs » AN INQUIRY is being launched into the Post Office closures which saw 24 shut in East Lancashire. The National Audit Office will look at the …Post offices at risk of closure namedHereford TimesCall this progress? Don’t make …

By Jill Kasparie Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 9:37 a.m. DELTA, IOWA — U.S. postal officials are considering shutting down one Heartland town’s post office. More: continued here

Two men setenced for robbing McCalla post officeThe Birmingham News – al.com, AL –1 hour agoA federal judge today sentenced two men to 59 years in prison for robbing the McCalla post office in October 2006. Christopher Smith, 36, and Brad Smith, … More: continued here

Two men were sentenced for tying up customers and employees during a post office robbery in McCalla. More: continued here

No, the United States Post Office in Earlville isn’t resorting to old-fashioned methods to deliver messages despite the fact a homing pigeon unexpectedly turned up in the lobby there Monday night. More: continued here

• Future of Delta's post office is unclearKTVO, mo –5 hours agoBy Jill Kasparie There's a small post office in downtown Delta, Iowa that has been in the same building for fifty years. It has one post master and one … More: continued here

Bill Paul: Full-service post office needed on the EastsideOnline Athens, GA –4 hours agoCitizens on the Eastside of Athens-Clarke County seem to be getting the short end of the stick (Story, "Eastside post office not likely to reopen," Tuesday) … More: continued here

WNCT Business as usual after chemical leak shuts down Sharpsburg Post…WNCT, NC –4 hours agoYesterday afternoon, emergency crews shut down the Sharpsburg Post Office in Nash county and closed down a section of Highway 301. This after two customers … More: continued here

Bramhope Post Office is casualty of cutsWharfedale and Airedale Observer, UK –6 hours agoBy Jim Jack BRAMHOPE lost its only post office when the branch on The Parade closed for the last time at 1pm today. Despite a fierce last-ditch campaign to … More: continued here