Old Ink: Flemington receives new post office buildingHunterdon County Democrat – NJ.comJUST IN — Combined efforts of a citizens committee with prominent office holders have brought word from Washington that Flemington will receive an $85,000 allotment for a new post office building. 1963. OFFICIAL — A Frenchtown company is working …
Read More »Letters | Food stamps, high heels, the IRS – The Courier-Journal
Letters | Food stamps, high heels, the IRSThe Courier-JournalThere is really not much debating the so-called “food stamp issue.” According to a study by Moody's Economy, every dollar the government spends on SNAP (food stamps) generates about $1.70 in local economic activity as the assistance is used. That … More: …
Read More »Santa Monica activists plan rally to save post office building – Los Angeles Times
Santa Monica activists plan rally to save post office buildingLos Angeles TimesThe U.S. Postal Service announced a year ago that it would sell the building, and the conservancy and others have since been advocating for its preservation. In 2012, the National Trust for Historic Preservation put the nation's historic post …
Read More »LETTER: Don’t Take Food Stamps Off the Table – Flathead Beacon
LETTER: Don't Take Food Stamps Off the TableFlathead BeaconThere's nothing better than summer in Montana. Sweet Flathead cherries, fresh bread baked with Montana wheat, huckleberries and bison burgers on the grill. In Montana, we share our bounty. The main reason Montanans lock their doors in the summer? More: continued here
Read More »Defending the Post Office
Post Office customers inconvenienced by tomorrow’s walkout by Communication Workers Union (CWU) members at hundreds of Crown offices should understand that the strike is for their benefit as well as for staff. More: continued here
Read More »‘Fat-cat behaviour’ of Post Office bosses attacked
With the news that Post Office bosses shared £15.4 million in bonuses, their plans to close offices, cut jobs and refuse to agree a pay rise for Crown office staff is unbelievable. More: continued here
Read More »Crown Post Office Staff Stage Strike Action
Post Office workers have gone on strike over plans to close 70 state-owned branches and a dispute over pay. More: continued here
Read More »News of the wild: Trapshoots, CPO honors and duck stamps – Quincy Herald Whig
News of the wild: Trapshoots, CPO honors and duck stampsQuincy Herald WhigWindy conditions didn't deter shooters from posting solid scores during the Quincy Gun Club's monthly registered trapshoot. Daryl Lucas won the 16-yard singles in the June event with a score of 98, besting a field of 47 shooters. John …
Read More »Lawmaker is wrong about food stamp use – ABQ Journal
Lawmaker is wrong about food stamp useABQ JournalTexas lawmaker Louie Gohmert's recent comment that poor people are using food stamps to buy extravagant foods such as king crab legs, and so it's not bad to cut nearly 2 million low-income people off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food … More: continued …
Read More »Audrey Hepburn stamps fetch $606,000 at auction
Ten stamps, bearing the face of Audrey Hepburn, were sold at a UN charity auction in Berlin for $606,000. The stamps bearing a photograph of Audrey Hepburn wearing a wide-rimmed hat, with a cigarette holder between her teeth, were sold for 54-times more than their face value. More: continued here
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