Bending to strong public opposition, the debt-ridden U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday backed off a plan to close thousands of rural post offices after May 15, which could mean good news for the threatened Oakville post office. More: continued here
Valley Breeze Post office preps for food driveNorthwest HeraldBy JOSEPH BUSTOS – jbustos@shawmedia.com In his many years with the US Postal Service, Algonquin post office Delivery Supervisor Romy Ramos always expects to see nonperishable food come to the post office in the days leading up to the annual Stamp Out …Post office has Stamp Out…
The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service, bowing to pressure from consumers and lawmakers, backed off a plan to close as many as 3,700 rural post offices next week in favor of a plan that reduces hours and makes other changes. More: continued here
Rural post office plan a relief to Central Ill. residentsChicago TribuneBLOOMINGTON — The US Postal Service's decision to keep thousands of rural post offices open with shorter hours instead of closing them next week was greeted with relief in Central Illinois. About 30 rural post offices in the area were among the 3700 … More:…
Dover post office among thousands spared from closureFOX43.comChanges could be coming to the post office in your area. The United States Postal Service announced yesterday it will not close almost 4000 rural post offices, instead opting to make other changes. The original list of closures, about 3700 nationwide, … More: continued here
TSN Ex-Bomber Lobendahn passes Stamps' physicalWinnipeg Free PressAccording to the Calgary Herald Wednesday afternoon, Lobendahn was on the verge of inking a deal with the Stamps in time for training camp — pending the results of a physical. The 29-year-old passed the physical, he said, but as of Wednesday night had …Lobendahn set to join…
Post Office Closure Decision on the Horizon, Cost-Saving Plan PresentedPatch.comThe USPS presented a plan Wednesday that would avoid closing some of the rural post offices and instead, reduce the hours of 13000 rural post offices across the country. By Melanie Graham With May 15 as the end date to the United States Postal … More:…
Globe and Mail House GOP plan cuts food stamps, health care, other social programs to stave …Washington PostWASHINGTON — Moving to protect the Pentagon, Republicans controlling the House are pressing cuts to food stamps, health care and pensions for federal workers as an alternative to an automatic 10 percent cut to the military come January.House…
Republicans controlling the House are pressing legislation cutting food stamps, health care and pensions for federal workers as an alternative to an automatic 10 percent cut scheduled to hit the military come January. More: continued here
Postal Service: Will keep rural post offices openYork News-TimesYORK – Residents in Benedict, Gresham, Grafton and Cordova, like others in thousands of rural communities across the nation, might not completely lose their post offices as originally thought. On Wednesday, the financially struggling US Postal Service … More: continued here