When the U.S. Postal Service announced a news conference earlier this week, many customers and some workers at rural post offices thought it was to announce a hit list of closings and layoffs to deal with massive red ink at the agency. More: continued here
Read More »Citing “Food Stamp Myths”, Former US Director Of SNAP Research Carol Olander … – MarketWatch (press release)
New York Times Citing "Food Stamp Myths", Former US Director Of SNAP Research Carol Olander …MarketWatch (press release)Olander and Weiner contend, "For over four decades, the Food Stamp Program, which Congress renamed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 2008, has had bipartisan support as the nation's most important anti-hunger …
Read More »Feds push food stamps at farmers markets – HeraldNet
Boston.com Feds push food stamps at farmers marketsHeraldNetFewer than a quarter of the nation's roughly 7100 farmers markets are set up to use the Electronic Benefit Transfer system, or food stamps. But Kathleen Merrigan, deputy secretary of agriculture, said she hopes these grants will bring another 4000 of …food stamp …
Read More »Water restored to 353 Leeds flats after a week without mains supply – The Guardian (blog)
The Guardian (blog) Water restored to 353 Leeds flats after a week without mains supplyThe Guardian (blog)blogs Phil in capital letters, after a week without mains supply at the West Point complex of 353? flats in the old Royal Mail building in Leeds. The Guardian Northerner reported on this yesterday …
Read More »Aerial dancers to perform on face on DC’s Old Post Office Pavilion for Kennedy … – Washington Post
Aerial dancers to perform on face on DC's Old Post Office Pavilion for Kennedy …Washington PostOn Friday evening, dancers from San Francisco-based Project Bandaloop will perform on the face of the Old Post Office Pavilion's 315-foot clock tower. Pennsylvania Avenue will be closed to traffic for the show from 8 …
Read More »Lufkin woman accused of stealing diapers from hospital, selling on eBay – WAVE
Lufkin woman accused of stealing diapers from hospital, selling on eBayWAVEBy Jeff Awtrey, ID – email Lufkin Police have arrested a woman accused of stealing 10 to 15 cases of diapers from the hospital with which she worked and selling them on eBay in 2010. According to a police report, …
Read More »Ministers forced into humiliating u-turn over future of Britain’s aircraft … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Ministers forced into humiliating u-turn over future of Britain's aircraft …Daily Mail…Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will announce the Government is abandoning plans to buy the conventional take-off version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. As revealed in the Daily Mail less than a …
Read More »Grimes, Challenge post offices spared – Appeal-Democrat
Grimes, Challenge post offices sparedAppeal-DemocratBy Ben van der Meer/ADbvandermeer A pair of rural post offices seem to have ducked closure, but could still see hours cut under new proposals by the US Postal Service. The post offices in Grimes in Colusa County and Challenge in Yuba County could go … …
Read More »Maldon Chronicle commented Relocated store is open a month late
MALDON'S new post office and Costcutter convenience store has opened its doors – nearly a month later than planned. More: continued here
Read More »Sorting office may become a centre for arts – Whitstablepeople
Sorting office may become a centre for artsWhitstablepeopleBy Canterbury Times | Thursday, May 10, 2012, 08:00 ARTIST Triona Holden thinks she can transform the Royal Mail sorting office at Whitstable into a "cultural hot spot". Ms Holden, 52, imagines the building in Cromwell Road becoming a place for artists …and …
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