It's no Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich, or a seahorse-shaped Cheeto, but a Florida sheriff's office hopes a chicken nugget shaped like a cowboy boot will still rake in some big bucks on eBay for its charity. More: continued here
Read More »Camas Post Office remains in limbo – The Columbian
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Read More »Post offices plan meetings about shortened hours – Austin Herald
USA TODAY Post offices plan meetings about shortened hoursAustin HeraldThe United States Postal Service will seek community feedback on its decision to reduce retail hours, which will affect seven rural post offices in Mower County. The USPS is considering the plan as a means of lowering costs and returning to …
Read More »Mount Washington Letter Carrier Stamps Out Hunger – Patch.com
Workday Minnesota Mount Washington Letter Carrier Stamps Out HungerPatch.comBy David Fonseca The 20th annual National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger food drive was the "best yet," for Mount Washington postman John Ayala. On the second Saturday of May for the last 20 years, letter carriers and volunteers …Letter …
Read More »Congressman Henry Cuellar: Atascosa Co. Post Offices to remain open
Christine, Texas Post Office Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) expressed his support for the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) announcement that Atascosa will not suffer post office closures. More: continued here
Read More »Quaint Las Olas post office, and others, to remain open | Video
A humble, hole-in-the-wall post office, which has been processing mail for locals and tourists in downtown Fort Lauderdale since 1946, will remain open ¿ at least for now. More: continued here
Read More »eBay research into third wave retail technology – TameBay
TameBay eBay research into third wave retail technologyTameBayby Chris Dawson A press release today from eBay reveals the direction they intend to take shopping in the future. eBay's research carried out by retail experts Conlumino reveals that the retail industry is on the cusp of a third wave of technological …
Read More »FedEx Closes in on Vehicle Fleet Fuel Efficiency Goal Years Ahead of Schedule
FedEx Express, a unit of FedEx Corp. , has made significant progress towards its goal to make its vehicle fleet 20 percent more fuel efficient by 2020, announcing today that the FedEx Express vehicle fleet is now 16.6 percent more fuel efficient through FY2011 than it was in 2005. More: …
Read More »Towns fear postal cuts, being cut off – Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Towns fear postal cuts, being cut offFort Wayne Journal GazetteYODER – It's Tuesday afternoon, and Lynette Moran is inside the tiny Yoder post office talking about her dogs. She had to put her walker coonhound to sleep that morning, the third time she had to euthanize a dog this year. …
Read More »Cheryl Gillan MP: Post Offices are still essential – Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Cheryl Gillan MP: Post Offices are still essentialBuckinghamshire AdvertiserRoyal Mail faces financial challenges and in parliament the Select Committee on Business reported (also in March) that some increase in the price of stamps was appropriate. When household budgets are under pressure any price rise is going to be greeted … …
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