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Postal Service Cuts Hours at Greenwood POThe Crozet GazetteThe U.S. Postal Service cut the operating hours at the Greenwood post office in March as part of a plan to reduce expenses. The move defied the energized Greenwood community that turned out for a January 9 meeting with regional post office …

Roll Call Enjoy Your Local Post Office… NOW!Santa Monica MirrorI think Americans are unfairly and even wrongly apathetic about whether or not the U.S. Postal Service survives into the 21st century. Waiting in line at any of the three Santa Monica branches I frequent (5th and Arizona, 1217 Wilshire, 2720 …

EcommerceBytes eBay Sellers Cope with New Fees, Search and Social FeaturesEcommerceByteseBay sellers are having to cope with a host of changes coming to the site this year that were revealed over the past 2 weeks, from major fee restructuring and new search, to new policies and features that are on …

TheAlternativePress.com (press release) (blog) Maplewood Mayor and Residents Discuss Future of Post Office SiteTheAlternativePress.com (press release) (blog)MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Maplewood Mayor Victor DeLuca led a public meeting to discuss the village post office site redevelopment plan on Thursday night. About 30 people gathered in town hall to hear DeLuca and …

Once released from jail bars, convicted felons are banned from getting food stamps and other public food assistance. A study found felons are more likely to engage in behavior that puts them at risk for HIV, a new study says. More: continued here

Food World News Study: Felons banned from food stamps at higher risk of HIVCt PostOnce released from jail bars, convicted felons are banned from getting food stamps and other public food assistance. A study found felons are more likely to engage in behavior that puts them at risk for HIV, …

Can’t get personalised stamps as memorabilia because rules specify that postal dept can only accept photographs of individuals… More: continued here

15% of Americans Now Receive Food StampsTown Hall (blog)Mississippi was the state with the largest share of its population relying on food stamps— 22% — though Washington, DC was a bit higher overall at 23%. One in five residents in Louisiana, Tennessee and George also were food-stamp recipients. Wyoming …Some …

Kennebec Journal New postage stamps honor New England lighthousesKennebec JournalThe Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth is one of five New England beacons to appear on postage stamps based on paintings by Howard Koslow of Toms River, N.J. The U.S. Postal Service plans to release the Portland Head stamp on …

The Courier Dundee post office time capsule delivers relics from the pastThe CourierThe memorial was created by post office workers at the start of the First World War. Though it was supposed to be kept in the postmaster general's office in the city's Meadowside, over the years its significance was …