Villagers fear Royal Mail will fail to replace stolen post boxThis is SomersetRESIDENTS living in Leighton fear they have lost one of the oldest and most trusted forms of communication after their post box was stolen and the Royal Mail is refusing to replace it. Residents and businesses first noticed …
Read More »eBay Buys 2dehands.be And 2ememain.be In Belgium, Consolidates … – TechCrunch
eBay Buys 2dehands.be And 2ememain.be In Belgium, Consolidates …TechCrunchIt may be a holiday in the U.S. but eBay never sleeps. Today, the American e-commerce giant announced that it is buying 2dehands.be and 2ememain.be, the two biggest online classified sites in Belgium (their names mean “second hand” in Flemish and …eBay Acquires …
Read More »No soda for food stamps? Don’t whine about free meals. (Column) – Torrington Register Citizen
No soda for food stamps? Don't whine about free meals. (Column)Torrington Register CitizenNot surprisingly, many in the food stamp program have expressed righteous indignation with the mayors' proposal, as have numerous advocacy groups. (Help me out with that one. Why do we need advocates for people receiving free food? Only …
Read More »Cassava on eBay? M-Farm SMS helps Kenya’s farmers get better prices – The Guardian
Cassava on eBay? M-Farm SMS helps Kenya's farmers get better pricesThe GuardianIt's similar to eBay," said Abass, adding that M-Farm has increased the prices its farmers have received. For example, farmers selling snowpeas through M-Farm are now getting 90 Kenyan shillings (about 68p) a kilo, double what they were getting …
Read More »Fire leaves post office without power – East Oregonian (subscription)
Fire leaves post office without powerEast Oregonian (subscription)An electrical fire between 11 p.m. and midnight Tuesday caused the power to go out at the Pendleton Post Office. The power remained out Wednesday, as a long line of customers moved slowly. There were no lights on overhead. A generator supplied only …and …
Read More »Ashaway woman uninjured after driving truck into building that houses post office – The Westerly Sun
Ashaway woman uninjured after driving truck into building that houses post officeThe Westerly SunASHAWAY — A local woman was not injured when the pickup truck she was driving hit the building that houses the Ashaway Post Office and an empty storefront on Main Street. Hopkinton Police Chief David Palmer said …
Read More »Don’t take food stamps off table – Great Falls Tribune
Don't take food stamps off tableGreat Falls TribuneThe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps— combats this problem. In January, SNAP helped roughly 129,000 Montanans put food on their tables, including 54,000 children and 9,000 seniors. SNAP does …No soda for food stamps? Don't whine about free …
Read More »Letters | Equality, private prisons, food stamps – The Courier-Journal
Letters | Equality, private prisons, food stampsThe Courier-JournalThe blaring alarm at the beginning of Richard Wright's 1940 novel “Native Son” is intended as a wake-up call to Americans sleeping to the realities of discrimination faced by blacks in our country. That alarm continues to sound to the atrocities …and more » …
Read More »British Woman Sells Her Belongings On eBay To Save Her Dog – The Inquisitr
Opposing Views British Woman Sells Her Belongings On eBay To Save Her DogThe InquisitrIt was as if they didn't give a stuff about what had just happened.” She then decided to resort to the very drastic action of selling her freezer, fridge, and clothes on eBay, and at car boot …
Read More »Answers sought on demolition of post office – Maui News
MauiTime Weekly Answers sought on demolition of post officeMaui NewsDid Mayor Alan Arakawa violate the law when he used money that was approved by the council for the repair and rehab and took apart the post office instead? If so, what would the discipline be? Relieved of duty unbecoming of …
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