Sorting office may become a centre for artsThis is KentARTIST 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 when it closes next year. The Royal Mail …
Read More »Plan saves rural post offices – Columbia Daily Tribune
Plan saves rural post officesColumbia Daily TribuneWASHINGTON (AP) — Bending to strong public opposition, the nearly bankrupt US Postal Service yesterday backed off a plan to close thousands of rural post offices after Tuesday and proposed keeping them open but with shorter operating hours.Oswego County's Rural Post Offices Survive in …
Read More »Rural post offices to stay open under new proposal – Redwood Times
Rural post offices to stay open under new proposalRedwood TimesThe nearly bankrupt US Postal Service has backed off of a plan that would have closed eight local post offices, but it will instead reduce the hours at 23 locations in Humboldt County under a proposal unveiled Wednesday. After the Postal …
Read More »Farmers markets getting money to take food stamps – Ashland Daily Tidings
Boston.com Farmers markets getting money to take food stampsAshland Daily TidingsCurrently, fewer 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 …food …
Read More »Carey Mulligan’s sparkly MET Ball dress is up for grabs on eBay – Boston.com
Daily Mail Carey Mulligan's sparkly MET Ball dress is up for grabs on eBayBoston.comThe metal paillette-embellished frock has been listed on eBay with a starting bid of a mere $500, a fair price for what the auction boasts as "a true piece of fashion history." It also cites numerous outlets …
Read More »House Votes to Cut Food Stamps to Avoid Defense Reduction – BusinessWeek
Globe and Mail House Votes to Cut Food Stamps to Avoid Defense ReductionBusinessWeekBy Brian Faler on May 10, 2012 The US House voted to cut food stamps, federal workers' benefits and other domestic programs to avoid scheduled reductions in defense spending. The chamber today passed, 218-199, a plan to cut …
Read More »Post office quarterly loss climbs to $3.2B; mail agency says Congress partly … – Washington Post
ABC News Post office quarterly loss climbs to $3.2B; mail agency says Congress partly …Washington Post“These actions are not enough to return the Postal Service to profitability.” Overall, the post office had income of $16.2 billion from January through March, the second quarter of its 2012 fiscal year. That was …
Read More »Kate Middleton: Crown will pass to Duchess of Cambridge’s first-born even if … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Kate Middleton: Crown will pass to Duchess of Cambridge's first-born even if …Daily MailAs the Daily Mail reported in October, an overhaul of the laws of Royal succession will put an end to the system of male preference primogeniture, whereby the eldest son automatically becomes next in line …
Read More »Franken lauds decision to keep rural post offices open in Minnesota – Coon Rapids ECM Publishers
Franken lauds decision to keep rural post offices open in MinnesotaCoon Rapids ECM Publisherslauded Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe for abandoning his plan to close rural post offices in Minnesota and across the country. Instead, the Postmaster General offered a new plan that would give rural communities much greater say …
Read More »Ode to a small town post office – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Ode to a small town post officePittsburgh Post GazettePriscilla Byzon, the officer in charge of the Coulters Post Office, hands mail to town resident Ken Logston today. Priscilla Byzon is the Coulters Post Office's only full-time employee. The branch would see its hours reduced from eight hours a day to …
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