STAMPS which were collected over a period of more than 50 years have been stolen from a collector. More: continued here
Read More »Post Office van held up and security officer robbed at gunpoint – stv.tv
Post Office van held up and security officer robbed at gunpointstv.tvA Post Office van has been held up in an armed robbery in Glasgow. The security officer driving the vehicle was delivering cash to a Royal Mail branch on Balmore Road at around noon on Wednesday when he was approached …
Read More »Postal Service Teams Up With Red Cross, Salvation Army to Help Duluth … – Patch.com
Postal Service Teams Up With Red Cross, Salvation Army to Help Duluth …Patch.comThe Richfield Post Office, along with all post office locations within zip codes beginning in "554," are collecting basic hygience products through Nov. 1. Many Duluth area residents have been displaced and are now facing homelessness, according to …
Read More »Entity owned by eBay founder Omidyar plans new resort on Kauai – Bizjournals.com (blog)
Entity owned by eBay founder Omidyar plans new resort on KauaiBizjournals.com (blog)Ohana Hanalei LLC, an entity owned by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar that purchased 122 acres of mostly resort-zone property above Hanalei on Kauai nearly five years ago, has proposed building an 86-room luxury bungalow-style resort adjacent to the St. …
Read More »Delay in permits down to Royal Mail – This is Somerset
Delay in permits down to Royal MailThis is SomersetAn investigation by Royal Mail into an error that has led to dozens of residents' parking permit applications being delayed has been welcomed by Somerset County Council. Cabinet Member for Highways Harvey Siggs said: "I am pleased that Royal Mail has …and …
Read More »Stamp collection on display at library
Stamps, as we know them today, have been around since the first paper stamp with an adhesive back was created in the United Kingdom in 1840. Before that, stamps were printed on a piece of mail via a hand-stamp made out of wood or cork after being pressed into ink. …
Read More »Letter: Get involved to save your post office
As a retired postmaster from Mathews, I am really concerned for the future of our community post offices. I enjoyed every day in my office and was blessed to have employees and customers to be literally a part of my extended family. But changes have come to your community. More: …
Read More »No additional jail time for LaPorte post office thief
LAPORTE — A man who pocketed more than $17,000 from the sale of stamps and other items while employed as a window clerk at the post office in LaPorte will not have to do any additional time behind bars. More: continued here
Read More »Through snow, sleet and rain … – The Smithville Herald
Through snow, sleet and rain …The Smithville HeraldGathering places that would evolve to include post offices where letters and news were received were the early post offices of Clay County and the topic of the Clay County Museum and Historical Society's September Study Group. In the years prior to …and …
Read More »Food Stamp Participation Doubled Among Able-Bodied Adults After Obama … – Heritage.org (blog)
Food Stamp Participation Doubled Among Able-Bodied Adults After Obama …Heritage.org (blog)The welfare reform of 1996 requires that after three months on food stamps, recipients be engaged in some kind of work activity for at least 20 hours a week. Tucked away in the mammoth 2009 so-called “stimulus” spending bill was …
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