Post Office

Healdsburg downtown post office closure resistedSanta Rosa Press Democrat, CA –3 minutes agoBy CLARK MASON A cost-cutting plan to close Healdsburg's downtown post office is meeting with resistance from customers who see the move as another … More: continued here

Post office to remove stamp vending machineTroy Messenger, AL –56 minutes agoBy Jaine Treadwell, The Messenger The postal service has decided to remove the stamp vending machine from the Troy Post Office on or around March 22. … More: continued here

Post offices 'being shut by stealth', MPs toldTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –31 minutes agoThere has already been a public outcry over plans to close up to 2500 post office branches to save money. Now the Commons has been told that as many as 500 …90 Labour MPs oppose post office closureTelegraph.co.ukTories force post …

Schoolchildren rally to support post officeThe Northern Echo, UK –26 minutes agoSCHOOLchildren have staged a protest march in the fight to save their village post office from closure. Pupils from Swainby and Potto Primary School, … More: continued here

Post Office Is Gathering Place in HesselSt. Ignace News (subscription),  USA –2 hours agoThe post office is here, as in many rural areas, a gathering place, a "place to come to" for advice, friendship, laughter, news, and, yes, mail. … More: continued here

Associated Press – March 18, 2008 7:05 PM ET HILLSBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) – The Post Office in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, has been dedicated to Police Officer Jeremy Charron, who was killed in the… More: continued here

Post office dedicated to police officer killed in 1997WCAX, VT –3 hours agoAP – March 18, 2008 7:05 PM ET HILLSBOROUGH, NH (AP) – The Post Office in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, has been dedicated to Police Officer Jeremy Charron, … More: continued here

Celebrities bid to save Post OfficeGuide and Gazette, UK –13 hours agoComedienne Victoria Wood said she would chain herself to a post box if it would help save her local post office. Ms Wood was joined by fellow celebrities, … More: continued here

MPs will today debate the Post Office’s controversial plans to close up to 2,500 branches in a bid to streamline the network. More: continued here

NW Evening Mail Closure mania ignores the real cost of axing post officesGuardian, UK –2 hours agoIt can unlock the code of DVLA/V10, Transcash, Smilers and the whole haberdashery of the general post. The village post office evokes the age of Hovis and …The Last postNW Evening MailRoyal Mail has announced plans …