Berkeley school starts its own post officeAsbury Park PressThe assigning of street names was part of the school's participation in the Postal Service's Wee Deliver literacy program. The school set up its own post office where different classrooms are given their own individual addresses and students are able …and more » More: continued here
The Postal Communications Office has confirmed that the North Charleston mail processing facility will benefit from the closing of a similar facility in Georgia. More: continued here
Bodega Owner and Worker Arrested in Food Stamp Fraud CaseNew York Times (blog)By MOSI SECRET An owner and cashier at a Brooklyn bodega were arrested Thursday morning, accused of being involved in a long-running scheme in which they gave store customers cash in exchange for food stamps, according to court papers unsealed on … More:…
Post office architect defined early Palo AltoPalo Alto OnlineBirge Clark, designer of the 1932 Hamilton Avenue Post Office, has been characterized as "Palo Alto's best-loved architect." His distinctive Spanish Colonial Revival style — reflected in the post office, the Lucie Stern Community Center, … More: continued here
Mail-sorting operations will be eliminated at the Fox Valley mail-processing facility on Aurora’s far East Side as part of the U.S. Postal Service’s plans to close and consolidate 223 processing centers nationwide.The post office center in the facility will remain open. The sorting functions now being done at the Aurora center at 3900 Gabrielle Lane…
by Chris Kenrick Birge Clark, designer of the 1932 Hamilton Avenue Post Office, has been characterized as "Palo Alto's best-loved architect." More: continued here
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Investigators: Train ignited tar buildup in ventilation shaft of Old Post OfficeChicago TribuneA small fire at the old Main Post Office over the weekend was caused by a passing or idling train that ignited built-up tar in a ventilation shaft, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman said this morning. The blaze flared up the shaft of…
Detroit, Pontiac post office facilities to gain under national consolidationThe Detroit NewsBy Christine Tierney Washington— The US Postal Service is eliminating mail-processing operations at seven Michigan facilities, affecting nearly 500 employees, as part of a nationwide consolidation effort. Four facilities in the state, in Detroit, … More: continued here
With no financial relief in sight, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing ahead with planned cuts to more than 260 mail processing centers around the nation, part of a billion-dollar cost-cutting effort that will slow delivery of first-class mail. More: continued here