Goodbyes sealed with sadness as Pope Post Office closesFayetteville ObserverWhen Vanessa Johnson walked into the post office on Pope Field on Friday, she didn't know it would be for the last time. The small post office closed at the end of the business day. Its services will be consolidated with the Fort Bragg post office…
Downtown post office move a possibilityGrand Island IndependentPostmaster Cindy Jensen said Thursday that one of the changes that is being discussed is moving the downtown post office location at 204 W. South Front St. to the postal processing center at 3835 W. Old Potash Highway.Hickey, Palmer to wrap up race trying to boost election turnoutPost-Bulletinall…
Proposed legislation would limit food-stamp purchases to items that qualify under a separate program aimed at getting children's lives off to a healthy start. That takes a good thought too far. More: continued here
More postal changes may be coming in Grand Island. More: continued here
Guest: Proposed cuts to food stamps devastatingThe Seattle TimesIt's why anti-hunger advocates such as Northwest Harvest and the Faith Action Network strongly oppose efforts to slash the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps. As evidenced by so many people hitting rock … More: continued here
Stampeders 26 Tiger Cats 22 CALGARY — Bo Levi Mitchell’s 15-yard touchdown pass to Marquay McDaniel late in the fourth quarter lifted the Calgary Stampeders to a 26-22 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday. More: continued here
Smithsonian to launch world's largest stamp galleryLos Angeles TimesHighlights of the collection include stamps of Hawaiian kings, before Hawaii was officially a state; an 1868 1-cent Z-grill stamp– one of two in existence; and a letter to John Hancock postmarked July 4, 1776. The new, 12,000-square-foot exhibit space … More: continued here
Post Office Struck by LightningWBBJ-TVPost office officials said even though the damage was bad and it caused quite the scare for employees, they are happy nobody was around when the bricks came falling down. "If one of those bricks would've hit somebody in the head, that would have been … More: continued here
Britain's Royal Mail to go private with IPONBCNews.com (blog)The late Baroness Thatcher famously said that the Royal Mail could not be privatized, and two subsequent attempts stymied after opposition from the U.K. parliament. Michael Fallon, the U.K.'s minister for Business and Enterprise, who has been one of … More: continued here
The food-stamp program has already been eviscerated. Don’t cut more, write guest columnists Shelley Rotondo and Paul Benz. More: continued here