WHEN their local post office closed down in August last year people in Darnall, Sheffield, were faced with the prospect of having to walk more than a mile to their nearest branch. (31/08/2010 23:19:11)
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wbsm.com Former US post office employee sentenced for embezzling over $22000 from serviceThe Boston GlobeA former US Postal Service worker who admitted to stealing over $22,000 from the agency was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday to two years of probation, and was ordered to pay back the stolen funds, prosecutors said. Dennis Reis, 37,…
WAMC Sen. Gillibrand: Post Offices Could Give Low-Income Americans Access To Financial ServicesWAMCIt's an idea that's been on the table for some time: New York U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing legislation to create a Postal Bank, which would establish a retail bank in all of the U.S. Postal Service's 30,000 locations. Arguing that post……
WESTWOOD — The borough post office will be renamed after Christopher R. Hrbek, the Marine sergeant killed in Afghanistan in January 2010, Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg and Robert Menendez announced Tuesday. More: continued here
al.com (blog) USPS to shorten hours at state's oldest post office in Mooresville to cut costsal.com (blog)MOORESVILLE, Alabama – Faye Burton, the post master of the state's oldest post office in this tiny Limestone County village of fewer than 60 residents, says the USPS is asking the impossible by ordering the office to open only…
The U.S. Postal Service will hold a public meeting Thursday night to get feedback on a proposal to shut down the Leawood Post Office. More: continued here
Bonner County Daily Bee Athol post office readies for move to a larger facilityBonner County Daily BeeNow, since the old post office has become too small to safely and efficiently meet the needs of the community's 800 residents, it will relocate to the larger space at KKJ's. On Thursday, the U.S. Postal Service announced the…