IPSWICH'S post offices are in the midst of the busiest time of the year as Christmas presents from far and wide arrive for delivery. More: continued here
Read More »Post office fails to deliver for Toys for Tots
TAMPA — Normally this time of year, boxes of gifts pack the Toys for Tots warehouse. Santa's helpers separate Barbie dolls from Tonka trucks. Exhausted managers prepare loads for distribution to families. The mood is fa-la-la. More: continued here
Read More »Post office fails to deliver for Toys for Tots – Tampabay.com
Post office fails to deliver for Toys for TotsTampabay.comTo promote the regional event, the post office has delivered for free a flier with the details. For years, about 2 million have been mailed to households in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties, each with their own Toys for Tots campaigns run …
Read More »Cory Booker’s Week on Food Stamps Ends – EBONY.com
NJ.com (blog) Cory Booker's Week on Food Stamps EndsEBONY.comBooker, 43, and a rising star Democrat, has been living on just $33 of food over the last week as part of an effort to understand the plight of Americans who struggle to live on food stamps. The experiment ends Tuesday. Booker …
Read More »Rockford Post Office gives tips to make holiday shipping easier – WREX-TV
Rockford Post Office gives tips to make holiday shipping easierWREX-TVThe holiday season is in full swing and that means thousands of packages are being prepped to ship around the country. "The holidays are less than two weeks away and understandably customers are beginning to feel the pinch," Rockford Postmaster Steve …
Read More »Our view: Food stamps usage increases in September – Midland Daily News
Our view: Food stamps usage increases in SeptemberMidland Daily NewsWith so much going on politically in Michigan and in Washington, D.C., a disturbing new statistic hasn't gotten enough press coverage in recent days. It shows that our economy — and a good portion of our citizens — is still struggling. …
Read More »Reduced hours coming for area Post Offices – Willcox Range News
LaSalle News Tribune Reduced hours coming for area Post OfficesWillcox Range NewsThe Post Offices in Cochise and Dragoon will remain open, but will have reduced “window” hours after the first of the year. In a Dec. 4 letter to those customers, POST Plan District Coordinator Mike Sarter said, “The Postal …
Read More »Paluxy Post Office closed
The U.S. Postal Service has implemented an emergency suspension of the Paluxy Post Office, due to a broken water pipe. That office has 48 customers receiving P.O. box delivery. Alternate service will be provided until further notice by the Tolar Post Office 10 miles away, according to postal spokesperson Sam …
Read More »‘Ecce Homo’ Restoration Lady Is Now Selling Art on eBay – Betabeat
'Ecce Homo' Restoration Lady Is Now Selling Art on eBayBetabeatThe amazingly botched restoration of the famous “Ecce Homo” painting, done by a Spanish amateur painter who turned a 19th century portrait of Jesus into that of a ghost monkey, took the Internet by storm this year, quickly becoming what is …
Read More »Post Office accepts letters to Santa, offers replies – Sapulpa Daily Herald
Post Office accepts letters to Santa, offers repliesSapulpa Daily HeraldThe town has the world's only post office to bear the name of the famed St. NIcholas a.k.a. Santa Claus a designation granted by the U.S. government on May 21, 1856, The first postmaster there was John Specht. Local lore has …
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