FirstBank seeks to lease, renovate old post officeThe TennesseanThe Five Points Post Office building in Downtown Franklin hasn't been an 'official' post office for years, but houses a Contract Postal Unit. FirstBank now wants to lease and renovate the city-owned building. / KEVIN WALTERS / THE TENNESSEAN … More: continued …
Read More »Millennium Bridge and London Eye feature on Paralympics stamps
The stamps will be available from Wednesday 29 August, the first day of the Paralympic Games. Royal Mail will become the first postal administration whose country is hosting the games to issue a set of stamps to celebrate the start of the Paralympic Games. More: continued here
Read More »Post box sprayed gold in Royal Mail Olympic copycat vandalism
A post box, cars, and a road sign have all been spray painted gold in Rayners Lane in an apparent copycat of Royal Mail’s Olympic Team GB gold medal celebrations. More: continued here
Read More »Food-stamp recipients make easy prey for greedy pols – The Tennessean
Food-stamp recipients make easy prey for greedy polsThe TennesseanOne of the more sobering aspects of our nation's crippling polarization is that issues on which Americans found consensus in the past have become fodder for political partisanship. Fodder, indeed — these well-stocked politicians are tampering with …Change needed for food stampsThe …
Read More »Post box sprayed gold in Royal Mail Olympic copycat vandalism in Harrow – Harrow Times
Post box sprayed gold in Royal Mail Olympic copycat vandalism in HarrowHarrow TimesAnd the post box, near the junction with Alexandra Avenue, was given a lick of gold paint in an apparent copy of Royal Mail's work to recognise British Olympic champions' achievements by painting hometown post boxes gold. It …
Read More »Fury after recorded mail goes missing – Sunday Sun
Fury after recorded mail goes missingSunday SunIn his complaint to the Royal Mail, he said: “I want to know where my letters are, I want a reply to my complaint, I want compensation for my time and expenses, I want the recorded delivery fit for purpose and not the shambles …
Read More »FedEx driver held up at gunpoint in Pike County
Two men, one armed with a gun, robbed a More: continued here
Read More »Protesters appeal for Norwich post office to be saved
People who object to the closure of the post office at the Co-op store in Larkman Lane held ‘save our post office’ banners outside the store yesterday. More: continued here
Read More »Protesters appeal for Norwich post office to be saved – Norwich Evening News
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press Protesters appeal for Norwich post office to be savedNorwich Evening NewsHowever, Post Office Ltd is asking the potential postmaster to pay up to £44,000 in start-up costs, and as the postmaster would just be working on commission, the start-up fee would prevent him from taking on …
Read More »Food stamp users on the rise – Waterbury Republican American
Food stamp users on the riseWaterbury Republican AmericanFrom Litchfield County south through Greater Waterbury, Canaan is the only community in the region to see a drop in the number of individuals receiving food stamps, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, from 2009 … More: continued here
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