CONCORD – Seizing on a tax break, cigarette-selling retailers bought up tax stamps in near-record numbers last month that created a glut in state revenues. After two years of sub-par performance, the tobacco tax last month took in $46.7 million, a 143 percent jump over the same period last year. Administrative Services Commissioner Linda Hodgdon…
Yonkers post office robbed at gunpoint (video)The Journal News | LoHud.comYonkers post office robbed at gunpoint: U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Yonkers police respond to robbery of a post office at 355 S. Broadway on August 5, 2013. Video by Hoa Nguyen/The Journal News … More: continued here
The Slatest SNAP JudgmentThe SlatestLast winter a delegation of high-profile nutritionists made the rounds of D.C. lawmakers to discuss ways to improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka food stamps. One of their proposals: Could SNAP explore limiting the types of food …and more » More: continued here
Post office closed in AlortonBelleville News DemocratALORTON — Many residents in Alorton are upset because the post office where they live has been abruptly closed. They went to take care of their postal business on Saturday and found out that they would have to go elsewhere. Even that, though, proved … More: continued here
Royal Mail faces great challenges because of new technology and market liberalisation, but has a talented workforce and the backing of the public ( Last-minute talks to avert two-day postal strike , 21 October). Last year it made a huge profit. But the current dispute looks as if it could drag the organisation down. If…
Trump to Turn DC's Old Post Office Into HotelFox BusinessThe Trump Organization finalized a $200 million agreement with the General Services Administration to redevelop the Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C., into a luxury hotel. The deal was struck in June, but Congress had 30 days to vote against it. More: continued here
Yonkers post office robbery: Police seek public's help (video)The Journal News / Lohud.comYonkers post office robbed at gunpoint: U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Yonkers police respond to robbery of a post office at 355 S. Broadway on August 5, 2013. Video by Hoa Nguyen/The Journal News … More: continued here
MSN News Trump moves forward with Old Post Office redevelopmentFederal Times“The Trump Organization is committed to preserving the architectural integrity of The Old Post Office while creating a hotel that will be peerless both in its amenities and design, and I look forward to sharing details of that design in the weeks to …Trump unveils…
NBC Bay Area Berkeley: Authorities warn protesters to vacate post officeContra Costa TimesBERKELEY — Postal authorities increased the pressure on protesters seeking to stop the sale of the historic downtown Berkeley post office Tuesday. At around 4 p.m. more than a dozen uniformed postal police and nonuniformed postal inspectors handed …People Fighting to Save Berkeley Post…
KSDK Postal service closes Alorton and Cahokia post officesSuburbanJournalsValerie Welsch, a U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman, said today the post offices will remain closed until the mold is removed. The postal service leases both of the affected post offices. Welsch says the agency is notifying the owners of the mold problem.Alorton, Cahokia post offices shut down…