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Methven Post shop’s Carol McAndrew says her town has about three inches of snow. More: continued here

Reading area mail slowed by post office movesReading EagleAmong the customers affected is Albright College, which receives hundreds or thousands of pieces of mail daily in its post office box in the Yatron facility, said Albright spokesman Tom Durso. The school's mail clerk used to be able to get that …

Maui Now Waiver Associated with Post Office Demolition Fails to PassMaui NowBy Wendy Osher. A proposed waiver that surfaced in a special meeting of the county council today failed to pass as an investigation looms over potential misuse of funds involving the demolition of the Old Wailuku Post Office. The …

msnNOW US mayors want to make it a no-no to buy soda with food stampsmsnNOWDear people who use food stamps: The mayors of 18 major U.S. cities — including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago — really don't think you should be using your government subsidies to buy soda and …

Mail delivery has been slowed in the Reading area due to the recent termination of mail processing in the city, but a U.S. Postal Service spokesman said Wednesday that the delays should be temporary. More: continued here

96 per cent of Royal Mail staff vote 'no' to privatisationTelegraph.co.ukRoyal Mail currently accepts letters, customers bills and parcels at its mail centres that have been "partially sorted" by other operators, and delivers them across the UK. Unions have threatened a boycott of this so-called "access" mail as part of …

Hales calls for curbs on food stamp purchases of sugary drinkskgw.comThe U.S. Department of Agriculture, which runs the food stamp program, declined to comment on Tuesday's letter. Representatives for Republican House Speaker John Boehner and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, to whom the letter was addressed, … More: continued here

KATU House votes to cut food stamps by $2 billionSan Francisco ChronicleWASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted on Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill. The chamber rejected 234-188 a Democratic amendment to the five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm legislation that would …

Royal Mail set for chaos as staff back plans to boycott handling competitors' mailExpress.co.ukA brief hearing was later held in the High Court, when Royal Mail said the union had given an undertaking not to induce its members to refuse to handle competitors' letters and parcels pending a further hearing …

A GRANDMOTHER who worked at a Post Office in Binley for almost 50 years and never took a day off through illness has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. More: continued here