Lyburn Post Office temporarily closedThe Logan BannerEven though services at the Lyburn Post Office have been temporarily suspended, its postal customers are being provided with the same services. Logan Postmaster Thea Dunford says customers should still use their Lyburn address and ZIP code, … More: continued here
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CORNISH, N.H. (AP) — The post office in Cornish, N.H., is offering a special postmark as the town celebrates its 250th anniversary next weekend. More: continued here
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Royal Mail sell-off policy slammedexpressandstar.comThis was one of our first pieces of legislation, it was something I introduced in the House and was agreed and we are now following through it in an orderly way and designed it to get good value for the taxpayer and a good outcome for …
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Earlier this week the Senate passed a farm bill by a vote of 66 to 27 that would finance programs such as food stamps, foreign food aid and crop insurance. Mark Bittman, a food writer and columnist at The New York Times and author of several books including the “How …
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The Slatest Why it's so much harder for the government to spy on your snail mail than your …The SlatestI can't open a letter with someone else's name on it. Your boss can't open a package delivered to her office and intended solely for you. The IRS can't intercept hard …
Read More »UPDATE: Arrest after failed armed robbery at Bucks Cross post office
A MAN has been arrested this morning after a failed armed robbery yesterday afternoon at a post office in Bucks Cross, near Bideford. More: continued here
Read More »UPDATE: Arrests after failed armed robbery at Bucks Cross post office
TWO men have been arrested after a failed armed robbery yesterday afternoon at a post office in Bucks Cross, near Bideford. The men were arrested yesterday evening. A 24-year-old man remains in custody while the other, who is 25, has been bailed. Both are from Barnstaple. More: continued here
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