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With postage rates set to increase on Oct 1, SingPost announced that it will distribute about 10 million 1st Local stamps, as well as a guide on how to avoid delays in delivery. More: continued here

US 82 meeting will be held in Stamps on October 9MagnoliareporterA public involvement meeting for proposed improvements to U.S. 82 in Stamps will be held Thursday, October 9. The meeting will be held 4-7 p.m. at Stamps City Hall, 207 E. Antigo. Discuss; Print. Posted in Local news on Monday, …

Illinois has troublesome food stamps to jobs ratioQuincy JournalFood-stamp enrollment has outpaced job-creation in Illinois by a rate of two-to-one since 2010, a new report says. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released data showing that for every one job created in Illinois since the recovery from the Great … …

Julia Child dispatched millions of hungry Americans into the kitchen with a cheery "bon appetit!" The U.S. Postal Service is surely banking on those same fans trooping down to their local post offices to buy the new Julia Child postage stamps. Julia Child dispatched millions of hungry Americans into the …

Stamp designer, graphic artist Howard Paine dies at 85Bangor Daily NewsYou probably don't know who Howard Paine was, but you've seen his graphic artistry hundreds, probably thousands of times. You've seen it if you've ever licked a postage stamp— back in the days when they had to be licked — …

Julia Child gets her own postage stampChicago TribuneJulia Child dispatched millions of hungry Americans into the kitchen with a cheery "bon appetit!" The U.S. Postal Service is surely banking on those same fans trooping down to their local post offices to buy the new Julia Child postage stamps. Child … …

Free screenings for food stampsWaterbury Republican American… federation's Brownstein Jewish Family Service has teamed up with StayWell Health Center to continue offering these free monthly social service screenings, by appointment, for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food … More: continued here

Chefs on stamps: USPS honors top food starsPalm Beach Post (blog)THIS is the week when the affinities of stamp geeks and food geeks intersect. The U.S. Postal Service will release a hearty batch of “Celebrity Chefs” stamps. The series of new Forever stamps, to be released Friday, bear the likenesses …

MONTREAL — Some were intimating that injuries to key individuals may have finally caught up with the Calgary Stampeders. Others opined that — after winning the last six games — they were due for a fall. More: continued here

Salon Professors on food stamps: The shocking true story of academia in 2014SalonOliver was one of many professors trapped in the oxymoronic life of pedantic destitution. Some professors in his situation became homeless. Oliver was “fortunate” enough to only require food stamps, a fact of life for many adjuncts. “It's …