Mother Nature Network Post office has Stamp Out Hunger food drive SaturdayReporterNews.comBy Charles G. Anderson Sr. Special to the Reporter-News Contributed photo Postal Service carriers in Abilene — from left, Paul Riffle, Mike Tatum, Sandra Johnson and Carl Montgomery — on Tuesday show off some of the bags carriers are distributing for …Post office holds…
Scottsmoor Rural US Post Office Will Not CloseBrevard TimesSCOTTSMOOR, Florida — The US Postal Service announced a new strategy today that could keep the nation's smallest Post Offices open for business, while providing a framework to achieve significant cost savings as part of the plan to return the … More: continued here
Old Cowbelle: Post Office DilemmaPierce County HeraldLast week, one topic was about closing small town post offices. A senator from Oregon spoke about his research in his district there. I don't remember his name, nor which political party he represented. But I am sure both parties could maybe agree on … More: continued here
Bending to strong public opposition, the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday backed off a plan to close thousands of rural post offices after May 15 and proposed keeping them open, but with shorter operating hours. More: continued here
USPS today relented on its closure plans – just days before the end of its self-imposed six-month moratorium on closures. More: continued here
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog) The Number of Ph.Ds on Public Aid Triples in USABC NewsA skyrocketing number of Americans with Ph.Ds say they are facing a reality in which they are turning to food stamps to survive. One in six Americans received food stamps or other public assistance last year, but the number of people…
USDA helping farmers markets take food stampsWVLT(WVLT) — The USDA is on a mission to help you eat better, that includes opening up farmers markets to people on food stamps. Some local markets already take the cards, but they need their customers to grow. The Market Square Farmers Market is a … More: continued here
The Associated Press Postal Service floats plan to keep open rural post officesFox NewsThe US Postal Service floated a cost-cutting plan Wednesday that would keep open thousands of rural post offices, amid concerns about widespread cuts and closures. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the financially struggling agency no longer …Endangered rural post offices get a…
A reprieve for the old Evinston post officeGainesville SunThe old post office at the Wood and Sink store on County Road 225 in Evinston is shown in this April 20, 2011 file photo. By Cindy Swirko The rustic and beloved Evinston Post Office – Florida's oldest still-functioning post office – will remain open …and more »…
Software engineers in Bangalore will work on PayPal and other projects. EBay Inc. said this week it will open a development center in Bangalore, India’s information technology hub, where up to 1,000 technology professionals will work within three years—including employees attached to eBay Marketplaces and PayPal . In India , eBay already operates its local…