The number of households receiving food stamps through Henry-Martinsville Social Services surged past 5,000 in November, agency statistics show. Social services reported a total of 5,027 food stamp households containing 10,779 people last month.
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Mainer seeks ban on use of food stamps for sodaMaineToday.com, ME –3 minutes agoJonathan Shenkin, president-elect of the Maine Dental Association, wants Maine to add soda to the list of items that cannot be purchased with food stamp… More: continued here
When the United States Postal Service announced an increase in first-class postage from 41 cents to 42 cents, the local Pak Mail Center announced it would offer the public free one-cent stamps as a customer service convenience gesture. More: continued here
PIMCO's Gross to auction off some of his historic US stampsReuters"This is the first time Mr. Gross has ever offered stamps from his famous U.S. collection which is the finest, most valuable collection of U.S. stamps and postal history owned by a private individual," said professional philatelist Charles Shreve, who … More: continued here
Atlas Obscura The Controversial Zeppelin Stamps That Enraged 1930s CollectorsAtlas ObscuraInstead, the Graf's parent company, German Zeppelin Airship Works, decided to recoup costs by commissioning special stamps from the countries on the tour route. Only letters with these stamps on them would be accepted onto the airship, which would then … More: continued here
DANBURY – One of the two men accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of rare stamps from a Bethel business was sentenced to serve 90 days behind bars Friday in Superior Court after paying restitution.Andrew Mastrianni, 22, of Advocate Place in Danbury, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy and first-degree larceny in the…
Food Stamp Use More Than Doubles In StoningtonPatch.comFrom the onset of the economic collapse, the number of Stonington residents receiving food stamps has increased by 108 percent. The increase follows a statewide trend that based on figures reported by the …and more » More: continued here