Post Office

BERLIN — Voters in Berlin overwhelmingly decided they have shared zip codes and town names with three adjoining towns — Barre, Montpelier and Northfield — long enough, and want to make another go at getting their own post office. … – By Daphne Larkin Times Argus Staff More: continued here

Former post office worker Tony LaPlante mournedPortsmouth Herald News, NH –2 hours agoBy Herb Perry Tony LaPlante got to know a lot of people during his 35 years at the York Village post office, and a lot of people liked him — a lot. … More: continued here

Mail theft reported at Sellwood-Westmoreland Post OfficeThe Bee, OR –5 hours agoNow, a theft from an official mailbox, potentially a federal offense, has been reported at the Sellwood Post Office on SE Bybee at 16th. … More: continued here

An entire London postcode has been left without a single post office for the first time since the capital was split into districts in 1857. The last remaining branch in Olympia W14 shut down last month after the Costcutter supermarket in which it was housed stopped trading. More: continued here

March 5 (Bloomberg) — TNT NV , Europe’s second-biggest express-delivery service, will eliminate 1,850 jobs after the company and ING Groep NV agreed to end their Dutch post-office banking joint venture over the next five years. More: continued here

This is London postcode without a post officeThis is London, UK –1 hour agoAn entire London postcode has been left without a single post office for the first time since the capital was split into districts in 1857. … More: continued here

Post office battle meetingHornsey and Crouch End Journal, UK –1 hour agoAnd residents will unite to block the cutbacks with a protest at the Tottenham post office on West Green Road, set to take place by the end of March. … More: continued here

(Corrects headline, first paragraph to specify that job cuts are at joint venture.) March 5 (Bloomberg) — TNT NV , Europe’s second-biggest express-delivery service, and ING Groep NV will eliminate 1,850 jobs as they end their Dutch post-office banking joint venture over the next five years. More: continued here

Post Office closures are “Politics of the Madhouse”Cotswold Chatterblog, UK –1 hour agoGeoffrey Clifton-Brown the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Cotswolds found some unlikely allies during a debate on Post Office Closures yesterday …Post Office Meeting in Longborough in the CotswoldsCotswold Chatterblogall 2 news articles More: continued here

Lancashire Telegraph heralded over Post Office campaignLancashire Evening Telegraph, UK –2 minutes agoHe said: "If we follow the programme of closures, the most vulnerable will find it most difficult of all to access a post office. "It is important that this … More: continued here