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The Norwich Post Office move is long overdue and very welcomed. More: continued here

FRANKLIN – About two dozen people filled the Franklin Fire Hall Tuesday afternoon to learn about the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) plans to reduce retail hours at the local post office to four hours a day. More: continued here

MILFORD – The post office was closed Tuesday as a hazardous materials team continued to clean up an oil spill in the building’s basement. Although the U.S. Postal Service building is on the Souhegan River in downtown Milford, none of the oil seemed to have gotten into the river, said …

WCSH-TV USPS grants post offices on islands part-time statusBangor Daily NewsMichaud and Pingree had sent letters requesting that post offices on Long Island, Chebeague, North Haven, Islesboro, Cranberry Isles and Swans Island be kept open a minimum of six hours a day. The USPS had proposed cutting their hours from …

Sydney Morning Herald Red-hot 'roo stampsSydney Morning HeraldAny outbreaks of spontaneous joy you may have witnessed this month could have been coming from stamp collectors, known as philatelists, celebrating the centenary of Australia's Kangaroo and Map series, the country's first national stamps. The first of …and more » More: continued here

Farm Bill gets lost in all the food stampsBelleville News DemocratCongress, ever fond of putting off difficult, controversial decisions, extended the expiring Farm Bill as part of the fiscal cliff deal. Let's hope lawmakers use the next few months to rework the bill, starting with some honesty about what's in …

On the one-year anniversary of the day La Jollans learned that the United States Postal Service (USPS) plans to sell the Wall Street post office and relocate its services to a smaller, leased space in the Village (Jan. 11, 2012), members of the Save Our La Jolla Post Office Task …

New Yorker (blog) Lance Armstrong and the Post Office: No Miracle DeliveredNew Yorker (blog)Somehow, the Lance Armstrong story has turned into a dark, inverted version of “Miracle on 34th Street”: in the end, the plot all comes down to the legal status of the Post Office. “Miracle on 34th Street,” …

Press Herald Post offices on Maine islands to be part-timeBoston HeraldRural post offices designated part-time are supposed to be at least 25 miles from the nearest post office, but Michaud and Pingree said that 25-mile criteria shouldn't apply to islands that are only accessible by ferry. The Postal Service agreed …

Price of U.S. Stamps Going Up Jan. 27Patch.comForever stamps, purchased for 45 cents before the price hike, are always good for mailing a one-ounce letter anytime in the future regardless of price changes, according to the U.S. Postal Service. The cost for letters weighing more than one ounce will … …