The latest proposal to save the financially strapped United States Postal Service would allow it to ship beer and wine, overturning a Temperance-era law that has been on the books for more than a century. On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate passed legislation designed to help stabilize the post office’s finances. …
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Officer John Maguire Post Office [PHOTOS]Patch.comThe naming of the post office was the work of many, including then-Chief Richard Kelley, Mayor Scott Galvin, Congressman Ed Markey, Senator Scott Brown and Senator John Kerry. The law, which is required in order to rename a federal building, …Post Office Renamed To Honor …
Read More »POLL: Customer spends £2000 on stamps in bid to beat Royal Mail’s big price hike – Derby Telegraph
POLL: Customer spends £2000 on stamps in bid to beat Royal Mail's big price hikeDerby TelegraphPanic buying has been seen at post offices across Derby after Royal Mail announced that, from today, the cost of a first class stamp will rise from 46p to 60p. Second class stamps will go …
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Overpriced – reporter Chole Chapman with the stamps she bought from Big News …EchoBig News, in London Road, Leigh, has now been given an official warning by Royal Mail. The Echo was tipped off about the stamps being sold at a higher price before today, when first-class stamps went up …
Read More »Post Office worker stole £8k in stamps and labels fraud – The Bolton News
Post Office worker stole £8k in stamps and labels fraudThe Bolton NewsA YOUNG Post Office worker who cheated her bosses out of £8000 has been spared jail. Leanne Chrystal, aged 20, of Peel Street, Bolton, used the computer system at a Wigan sub-post office to steal the cash over eight …
Read More »Post Office is vital, hamstrung by Congress – GalesburgPlanet.com
U.TV Post Office is vital, hamstrung by CongressGalesburgPlanet.comIn US cities, Post Offices still bustle with activity; in rural areas and small towns, Post Offices are as important as churches, schools, and a business district with a café, garage, retailer and decent bar. About 32000 Post Offices in the nation …Underused …
Read More »Leigh shop charging 55p for a 46p 1st class stamp – Basildon Recorder
Leigh shop charging 55p for a 46p 1st class stampBasildon RecorderBig News, in London Road, Leigh, has now been given an official warning by Royal Mail. The Echo was tipped off about the stamps being sold at a higher price before today, when first-class stamps went up to 60p. Our …
Read More »Golden Grove to get post office under JEEP
MORE THAN $1.5 million has been earmarked to be spent on constructing a post office at Golden Grove in eastern St Thomas. The post office is being built under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), a flagship emergency programme of the Government…. More: continued here
Read More »Metric acquires high street development site in Berkhamsted – Property Magazine International
Metric acquires high street development site in BerkhamstedProperty Magazine InternationalMetric Property Investments plc acquires the former Royal Mail building on Berkhamsted High Street for a total investment of £7.55 million (net of acquisition costs). Metric will use its existing resources to finance the purchase.M&S plan Simply Food store for BerkhamstedRetail …
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Benjamin Marc Wee successfully conned a partner and was sentenced to five months in jail. -TNP More: continued here
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