Bensonhurstbean Photo: Bath Beach Post Office In The Sepia-Tinted Days Of 1914BensonhurstbeanThere is something about this picture of the Bath Beach post office picture from 1914 that makes me long for an orange creamsicle. Bensonhurst Bean reader Howard Weiss took a picture of this old photograph hanging up at the …
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FedEx Corp. made the top 500 list of top technology innovators in the country. The shipping giant has made the list every year since 1995. More: continued here
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Media Matters for America Food Stamps Facing Scheduled Cut, Plus Attacks in CongressThe Nonprofit QuarterlyIt is particularly ironic that food stamps are at risk while other farm-related subsidies get bipartisan support. The Times notes Republican congressman Stephen Fincher, owner of a farm north of Memphis, who himself has received $3.5 …
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Read More »Your Mail 9-11-13: Save Alexandria’s post offices … ‘Outliers’ not needed in … – Alexandria Town Talk
Your Mail 9-11-13: Save Alexandria's post offices … 'Outliers' not needed in …Alexandria Town TalkPlease, contact your senators and representatives in Washington, D.C., concerning the proposed closing of that post office and the one downtown on Murray Street. Both are essential to the larger part of the city; and they …
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