BBC News Voter registration: Data checks 'accurate as ID cards'BBC NewsOfficials are being allowed to trawl databases including the Royal Mail and the Student Loans Company to track down missing voters in a new trial. Data matching could be used to fill in gaps in the electoral register ahead of …
Read More »Owney, the Post Office Dog
Metropolitan Diary: A postal clerk tells a customer about Owney, a famous postal mascot in the 19th century. The story doesn't end happily. More: continued here
Read More »Post office playhouse being raffled off – News Banner
WTOP Post office playhouse being raffled offNews BannerThe post office is designed after the real post office at terra Bella Village in Covington and is 8 feet wide, 10 feet deep including the porch and 10 feet high, large enough for an adult to stand in. It was built by …
Read More »Food stamp apps on the rise in RI – The Brown Daily Herald
Food stamp apps on the rise in RIThe Brown Daily HeraldThe number of citizens seeking food aid in November was the highest recorded in state history, according to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank's “2012 Status Report on Hunger in Rhode Island” released last month. The report showed approximately 24 …
Read More »Car hits post office in Far Hills but no one is hurt – New Jersey Hills
Car hits post office in Far Hills but no one is hurtNew Jersey HillsFAR HILLS – A car ran into the Far Hills Post Office on Route 202 on Saturday morning, Dec. 1, damaging the building but causing no injuries, according to police. The crash was reported at 10:32 a.m. …
Read More »Post office playhouse being raffled off
Posted: Friday, December 7, 2012 1:00 am | Updated: 5:09 pm, Thu Dec 6, 2012. Remember playing post office as a child? One would write a letter, draw a picture or do both, stick it in an envelope and “deliver” it to mom or dad or Aunt Susie? More: continued …
Read More »Car hits post office in Far Hills but no one is hurt
FAR HILLS – A car ran into the Far Hills Post Office on Route 202 on Saturday morning, Dec. 1, damaging the building but causing no injuries, according to police. More: continued here
Read More »Feds look to hammer food-stamp fraudsters – Chicago Sun-Times
Feds look to hammer food-stamp fraudstersChicago Sun-Times“This case demonstrates that causing even one store to rethink committing fraud could result in more than $844,000 worth of food stamps and WIC benefits being spent on their intended purpose as opposed to being lost to fraud,” Assistant U.S. Attorney …and more » More: …
Read More »Legacy of Lady Bird Johnson in flowers and stamps – Pittsburgh Post Gazette (blog)
Legacy of Lady Bird Johnson in flowers and stampsPittsburgh Post Gazette (blog)Lady Bird Johnson was the wife of President Lyndon Johnson and way ahead of her time when it came to the environment. In 1967 she said this, "The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual …
Read More »Man tries to hold up Post Office – WTNH
WTNH Man tries to hold up Post OfficeWTNHBOZRAH, Conn. (WTNH) — A man is facing charges for trying to hold up a Post Office in Bozrah. The suspect walked in yesterday morning and said he had a gun but the woman behind the counter tells News 8 she wasn't scared. …
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