New stamps feature Dalton Co.'s seed packetsThe Livingston County NewsA U.S. Postal Service April 5 issue of Forever stamps in sheets of 20 features floral images of vintage seed packets. Seven of the 10 illustrated flowers are based upon packets sold by the W.D. Burt Seed Company of Dalton, in …
Read More »Royal Mail To Offer Click And Collect Service – Sky News
Royal Mail To Offer Click And Collect ServiceSky NewsThe Royal Mail is to keep some post office branches open late as part of a new service aimed at helping customers get their internet-ordered parcels outside of working hours. The company said it will be the biggest service of its kind, …
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ChronicleLive Heaton home raiders caught trying to sell haul on eBayChronicleLiveThese dangermen were trapped when a student turned cyber-sleuth just hours after a terror raid on her home. Georgina Szucs took to the internet after Charles Akinde and Ricardo Antonio forced their way into her digs and held her and …
Read More »Postal Pointers: La Florida stamp first day cancellations available – Lehigh Acres Citizen
Postal Pointers: La Florida stamp first day cancellations availableLehigh Acres CitizenFirst day cancellations are still available for the beautiful La Florida postage stamps that were released April 3 in St. Augustine. To obtain the first day of sale postmark, mail stationery items bearing La Florida stamps to Customer Relations USPS …
Read More »State Auditor Hosts Another eBay Auction Friday – KARK
State Auditor Hosts Another eBay Auction FridayKARKBidding is open to any registered user of eBay, except for the Auditor of State, his employees and their immediate families. On Friday, interested bidders may visit the Auditor of State's eBay page (click here) to view the items listed in this week's … …
Read More »Royal Mail courts online shoppers with parcel collection from Post Offices
Online shoppers will be able to pick up purchases from their local Post Office as part of an attempt by the Royal Mail to attract web retailers with more flexible delivery options. More: continued here
Read More »Off food stamps and employed — with taxpayers’ help – The Seattle Times
ThinkProgress Off food stamps and employed — with taxpayers' helpThe Seattle TimesWashington's food-stamp program has helped thousands find jobs and get off public assistance through a federally funded employment-training program. A bill in the U.S. House calls for replicating that program nationally — even as lawmakers weigh …Cook: Making a …
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Read More »Proposal would reduce food stamps program by $20B – Brownsville Herald
Proposal would reduce food stamps program by $20BBrownsville HeraldVela sits on the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, which this month approved a farm bill that calls for $20 billion in cuts to SNAP, the nation's food stamp program. Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., the chairman of the committee, touted the bill's …
Read More »Christopher D. Cook: Making a case for food stamps
To hear Republicans — and some Democrats — in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. More: continued here
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