Post Office

When a reporter called the Vernal post office on Thursday to ask about drop boxes overflowing with unsecured mail, a supervisor said what happened Wednesday was “an isolated incident that we immediately corrected.” But the incident the newspaper was checking into had happened two weeks earlier. More: continued here

GREENOCK town centre could be left without a post office because of a blunder over planning permission. And a campaigner for the elderly said it could cause problems for people getting their pensions. More: continued here

Was Post Office really under threat?Buxton Advertiser, UK –6 minutes ago… sure many residents of New Mills were, to read in your paper, 6th March 2008, that Somerfield's are taking over the Torr Top St Co-op and Post Office. … More: continued here

Aspinwall Mayor Ben Killian is not giving up on the effort to get a post office in his town once again. … More: continued here

Aspinwall mayor vows to push for post officePittsburgh Post Gazette, PA –2 hours agoBy Virginia Miller Aspinwall Mayor Ben Killian is not giving up on the effort to get a post office in his town once again. After a plan to reopen a postal …Aspinwall postal station won't reopenPittsburgh Tribune-Reviewall 2 news …

SIR – Robert Sanders felt that the meeting about the central Post Office transfer did not address the issues of why the business was being moved to WH Smith’s (Chronicle, March 13). More: continued here

Jim Paice MP calls for rethink on post office closuresEly Standard, UK –19 minutes agoMP Jim Paice has called on the Government to rethink its programme of post office closures. The call came during a debate in the House of Commons when Mr … More: continued here

Cambridge Evening News How to save your post officeNorfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK –4 hours agoAnd community campaigners and post office watchdogs also offered hope that some towns and villages could head off the threat from Post Office Ltd. But they …Bootle MP is accused of ‘hypocrisy’ after missing Post Office voteicSeftonandWestLancsSign …

Armed robbers steal cash from post officeBromsgrove Standard, UK –41 minutes agoTWO MEN escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash after carrying out an armed robbery at Romsley Post Office on Tuesday (March 25). …Hooded raiders hit post officeBromsgrove Advertiserall 3 news articles More: continued here

Hastings MP at centre of Post Office closures rowHastings Observer, UK –4 minutes agoBy Richard Gladstone Hastings MP Michael Foster was at the centre of a row this week after he voted against a motion to halt post office closures. … More: continued here