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Post office to reopen in AripekaNorthwest News and TribuneARIPEKA — Mail service for this tiny, coastal village will return this month just as suddenly as it halted now that the U.S. Postal Service has negotiated a new lease for the old post office. Lifelong resident Carl Norfleet, who bought the …

JAMES CITY — It's unclear if the United States Post Office on Monticello Avenue will reopen for business Saturday after a 71-year-old woman drove her car through the side of the building.         More: continued here

Residents say the postal service has listened to residents' concerns and will reopen Aripeka's post office.   More: continued here

Portlanders Kicked, Arrested for Protesting Post Office PrivatizationLabor NotesRetired state worker Jack Herbert was among seven activists arrested at Portland, Oregon's main post office Tuesday. The "postal protectors," armed only with more than a thousand petition signatures, were attempting to negotiate a meeting to discuss an … More: continued here

Washington Post (blog) 47M Americans hit by food stamp cuts starting todayUSA TODAYFood stamp benefits will be cut to more than 47 million Americans starting Friday as a temporary boost to the federal program comes to an end without a new budget from a deadlocked Congress to replace it. Under …

The post office in the Spencer County, Ind., town that bears the name of Christmas’ famous gift giver on Friday unveiled this year’s custom postmark that will be available for letters and cards. More: continued here

A planned one-day strike on Monday over jobs and pay by staff working at larger Post Office branches is called off. More: continued here

Reductions are a result of the expiration of a provision in 2009 stimulus legislation. More: continued here

Food stamps cuts on Friday amount to $5 billion, and additional cuts could occur via a farm bill. More Americans are on food stamps than at almost any other point in the past decade. More: continued here

Starting today, families who depend on food stamps will see their benefits cut as $5 billion in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) expires. And those aren't even the only cuts coming to SNAP. Eventually, Congress will pass a new farm bill with revised SNAP spending. So, what …