From Our Vault: Busy Postman on Break, 1951
As the U.S. Post Office seeks to end Saturday letter delivery, a look back. More: continued here
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Post Office Needs Your Help
They are asking customers to clear snow and ice from walkways and driveways. More: continued here
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Post Office Slows Rate of Losses for Quarter
The agency, which announced an end to Saturday mail service this week, was helped by holiday shipping and election mailings, but its financial woes continued. More: continued here
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Local reaction mixed to post office plan
The U.S. Postal Service’s plan to end Saturday mail delivery this summer doesn’t bother some area residents, but Mitzi Barnhart doesn’t like the decision. More: continued here
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Weekend Reading: Neil Barofsky, the Post Office and the Impact of the Sequester – Barron’s (blog)
Weekend Reading: Neil Barofsky, the Post Office and the Impact of the SequesterBarron’s (blog)Fun fades at investing clubs – ”It used to be that if you went by the numbers, you could pick a pretty good stock, but that isn't as true anymore.” (WSJ). Who decided US megabanks are too big to jail? — Simon…
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Congress needs to deliver Post Office from its deficit
From an editorial published Thursday in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: More: continued here
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Post Office Slows Rate of Losses for Quarter – New York Times
Bloomberg Post Office Slows Rate of Losses for QuarterNew York TimesThe post office would stop delivering or picking up mail on Saturdays, ending a practice that goes back to the 1890s. Packages would continue to be delivered Monday through Saturday. The Postal Service said the change could result in an annual cost …Flurry of campaign…
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Saturday mail delivery to go by the wayside
The post office has been part of America since its earliest founding. More: continued here
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Football heroes feature on new stamps from Royal Mail – WalesOnline
Football heroes feature on new stamps from Royal MailWalesOnlineTHE Royal Mail is issuing a set of stamps featuring some of the UK's biggest soccer heroes to mark the 150th anniversary of Association Football rules being established. The first class stamps, Football Heroes, show the stars in their home country's … More: continued here
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Fight Brewing To Keep Post Office In Mall Open
Friday, US Postal Service District Office in Greensboro was given a petition to keep the post office inside Four Seasons Mall open. More: continued here