NATION: Post office nears historic default on $5B paymentCullman Times OnlineThis photo taken July 27, 2012 shows a mailbox outside a US Post Office in Lawrence, Mich. The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a first-ever default on billions in payments due to the Treasury, adding to widening uncertainty about …
Read More »Town of Newburgh Post Office shuts down – YNN Hudson Valley
Town of Newburgh Post Office shuts downYNN Hudson ValleyInstall now. Then come back here and refresh the page. NEWBURGH, N.Y. — It's a tearful farewell for post office manager Bonnie Carpenter as she said goodbye to several customers many of whom she's served in this community for more than a …
Read More »Post office will miss $5.5 billion pension payment
Post office will miss $5.5 billion pension payment Bloomberg Copyright 2012 Bloomberg. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 11:38 a.m., Tuesday, July 31, 2012 July 31 (Bloomberg) – The U.S. Postal Service affirmed it won't make a required $5.5 billion payment due tomorrow …
Read More »Nearly 1 in 5 Wrongly Received Irene Food Aid in New Jersey – TIME
TIME Nearly 1 in 5 Wrongly Received Irene Food Aid in New JerseyTIME(TRENTON, N.J.) — Nearly 1 in 5 New Jersey households that received emergency food stamps after Tropical Storm Irene crashed into the state last year were ineligible for the benefits, a review found, the result of a mix …
Read More »eBay Tuesday: New London County Bar Association 1881 Resolution – Patch.com
eBay Tuesday: New London County Bar Association 1881 ResolutionPatch.comThe only nod it gives to the history of the association is a sporadic list of past presidents, which happens to include a person mentioned in this week's selected eBay item. This eight-page pamphlet dates back to 1881 and details resolutions adopted …
Read More »Thousands of ineligible N.J. residents cashed in on emergency food stamps after Tropical Storm Irene
Nearly 1 in 5 New Jersey households that received emergency food stamps after Tropical Storm Irene crashed into the state last year were ineligible for the benefits, a review found More: continued here
Read More »Lunchtime closures frustrate Verona Post Office customers – NorthJersey.com
NorthJersey.com Lunchtime closures frustrate Verona Post Office customersNorthJersey.comComplaints have filed into the Verona Post Office in recent weeks over daily afternoon closures. The problem had stemmed from the office having just one fulltime daytime employee. That employee, Joan Moses, told the Times that her typical workday spans … More: continued …
Read More »Zara Phillips’s silver medal in equestrianism eventing team adds to family … – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Zara Phillips's silver medal in equestrianism eventing team adds to family …Telegraph.co.ukZara Phillips's silver medal in equestrianism eventing team adds to family haul London 2012 Olympics. The royal female had a problem with the Royal Mail— knocking over the post box fence. But Zara Phillips left Greenwich Park with …
Read More »Man has been collecting stamps for 70 years; has stamps from about 200 countries – Washington Post
Man has been collecting stamps for 70 years; has stamps from about 200 countriesWashington PostHe was from Germany, coming here before World War I. He wanted to befriend me, so being a stamp collector, he bought me an album for about $1 and a packet of about 500 stamps for …
Read More »Games fever at stamp meet
Stamps related to Olympics along with other philatelic mementoes are on display at the exhibition that will continue till August 12. Visitors to the exhibition on Tuesday were very impressed by the collections. One of them, an amateur philatelist Pradeep Kumar said: "This exhibition is of international standard. It is …
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