BBC News Royal Mail backs down and paints postbox gold to honour SmythIrish IndependentHowever, the decision by the Royal Mail was not straightforward. Initially, they refused because Smyth had represented Ireland and not Britain. However, following protests from the villagers in Eglinton in Derry, the Royal Mail relented. Among the …
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Forty years after it was erected, Brownsville's main post office at Los Ebanos Boulevard and Old Alice Road is getting a minor face-lift. There was a time not long ago when we might have gotten a new post office instead. Hurricane fencing surrounds the Los Ebanos work area, which on …
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Troubled postal service relies on repairs over new buildingsBrownsville HeraldThe Los Ebanos post office was built in 1972. Twenty years ago the USPS might have considered building a new facility rather than patching up the old one, depending on which option was the most cost-effective. But nowadays new post office …
Read More »Troubled postal service relies on repairs over new buildings
Forty years after it was erected, Brownsville’s main post office at Los Ebanos Boulevard and Old Alice Road is getting a minor face-lift. There was a time not long ago when we might have gotten a new post office instead. More: continued here
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