Independent Online Van stoned in post office protestIndependent OnlineBy SAPA File picture: Johannesburg metro police officers intervened in a protest by post office contract workers on Wednesday after a vehicle was pelted with stones. Photo: Cara Viereckl Johannesburg metro police officers intervened in a protest by …Van stoned during Post …
Read More »Closure unlikely for Woodstock Post Office
The United States Postal Service (USPS) released a new cost cutting strategy May 9 that could keep the Woodstock Post Office open, as well as other small, rural post offices around the country that have been threatened with closure. More: continued here
Read More »Iuka Post Office Named for Soldier
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 2213, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 801 West Eastport Street in Iuka, Mississippi, as the Sergeant Jason W. Vaughn Post Office. More: continued here
Read More »Why FedEx's Newest Deal Looks Good
FedEx plans to acquire French delivery company TATEX. More: continued here
Read More »Bainbridge post office closing, moving
An issue with the building’s lease is forcing the US Postal Service to close its Bainbridge post office branch and move the operation down the street. More: continued here
Read More »Chef takes on food stamp budget – Monterey County Herald
OregonLive.com Chef takes on food stamp budgetMonterey County HeraldThe chef, his wife and their two teenage sons are eating for a week on the equivalent of a food stamp budget to protest potential congressional cuts to the program used by more than 46million Americans. That's $31 per person for the …
Read More »Global marketing exec joins Scripps Networks Interactive board – MarketWatch (press release)
Global marketing exec joins Scripps Networks Interactive boardMarketWatch (press release)KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 16, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Richelle Parham, chief marketing officer of eBay Marketplaces, North America, has been elected to the board of directors of Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. Parham brings more than 20 years of global … More: …
Read More »Plan to keep post offices open; 15 face shortened days
Mailing letters at Waterville Post Office Monday are, from left, Justice Smith, Malaysia Smith and Amy Smith, all of Waterville. Photo by JoAnn Shum The U.S. Postal Service announced a new strategy May 9 that could keep the nation’s smallest post offices open for business, while providing a framework to …
Read More »Fire at Belcamp post office investigated – Baltimore Sun
Fire at Belcamp post office investigatedBaltimore SunBY KAYLA BAWROSKI, kabawroski@theaegis.com Local fire companies responded to a fire inside the small Belcamp post office, on Route 40 between Edgewood and Aberdeen, early Tuesday morning. The cause remains under investigation.Someone set fire to Belcamp postmaster's officeWBAL Baltimoreall 3 news articles » More: continued …
Read More »Sen. McCaskill Lauds Postal Service Steps to Prevent Closures – OzarksFirst.com
Sen. McCaskill Lauds Postal Service Steps to Prevent ClosuresOzarksFirst.com( Jefferson City , MO ) — The United States Postal Service announced a new plan Tuesday that would prevent closures of rural post offices, including hundreds of offices in rural Missouri . Under the new plan, the postal service would keep …
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