Mailing Stuff All The Latest Mailing News

Military families, military retirees and others with shopping privileges on military bases redeemed nearly $104 million worth of food stamps at commissaries in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. According to CNN Money, food stamp usage at military commissaries has more than tripled since the Great Recession in 2008. …

Police: Post office robbery fabricatedThe News HeraldTwo people have been arrested on charges that they fabricated a story about robbers holding up the police office in Springfield , police said today. A postal clerk and his sister made up the story to cover for the theft that they committed, according …

Mecklenburg County handed out more than $240 million in food stamps in 2013, but an Eyewitness News investigation revealed that some people in Mecklenburg County are selling their food stamps for cash.   Ike Huey runs an afterschool program in south Charlotte and said he sees it often.   “There …

Seeral collection boxes and personal post office boxes were broken into. More: continued here

Yahoo Finance (blog) Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion: Founder goes from food stamps to …Yahoo Finance (blog)As a teenager, his family relied on food stamps after emigrating to the U.S. from the Ukraine. Meanwhile, WhatsApp cofounder Brian Action was employee No. 44 at Yahoo (YHOO), an engineer working on …

Royal Mail and unions agree external mediator dealTameBayRoyal Mail, the CWU and Unite have jointly appointed external mediators with aim of resolving issues at an early stage and establishing workplace fairness. Independent mediation partner, The TCM Group, will help deal with workplace issues involving … More: continued here

PA home page Post Office Reopens, Roof SafePA home pageHe said he was surprised to see the post office closed when he went Tuesday. He later learned postal officials evacuated the building around noon Tuesday. Water was leaking through the ceiling. The government was concerned the weight of heavy snow …East …

eBay Buys PhiSix Fashion Labs – Analyst Blog More: continued here

The price of sending a letter will rise 17 per cent by the end of next month but it will not stop Australia Post losing money on ordinary mail. More: continued here

Delivery of bad news for Clam Gulch post office— Branch reducing hoursThe RedoubtreporterIt didn't occur to her that it might be the post office itself tipping out of existence, taking her job along with it. But that might well be the case. Starting in the fall, operation of the Clam …