Pennsylvania plans to make the amount of food stamps that people receive contingent on the assets they possess – an unexpected move that bucks national trends and places the commonwealth among a minority of states. More: continued here
Watertown Post Office to offer direct mail for small businessesWatertownDailyTimes.com“This is great for them.” A training session will take place from 10 am to noon Jan. 17 at the Watertown post office, 232 Commerce Park Drive. To attend the training, a response is requested by visiting the website: www.usps.com/grow yourbusinessdays. More: continued here
The news that Eastman Kodak is preparing to file for bankruptcy, after being the leading photographic company in the world for more than 100 years, truly marks the end of an era. More: continued here
Newspaper to appeal to commssioner over Royal Mail secrecyHoldTheFrontPage.co.ukby Sarah Bould, last updated on January 9, 2012 A weekly newspaper is to appeal to the Information Commissioner after the Royal Mail refused to release details about offences by its staff. The Hertfordshire Mercury submitted a Freedom of Information … More: continued here
truthout Postal Workers: Save Redlands and Industry Postal FacilitiesPatch.com“But if you think about it, it wasn't that hard to do because the American public has for a long time been supportive of the post office. And they don't want to see this grand institution chopped up or sold out or privatized so that you don't…
A weekly newspaper is to appeal to the Information Commissioner after the Royal Mail refused to release details about offences by its staff. More: continued here
When Evansville developer Bashar Hamami asked city officials to give him control of the Old Post Office last spring, he said one of his immediate goals was to transform the building, which was built in 1875, into a premiere event center. More: continued here
Public Service Tribunal rubber stamps police pay cutsPublic ServiceAround 60 per cent of police officers are in the UK's top 20 per cent of earners, according to a report from the Policy Exchange think tank, which said figures from the Office for National Statistics showed they are paid at least £38000 a year. …and more »…
Arutz Sheva Israeli archaeologists find 1500-year-old kosher 'bread stamp' near AcreHaaretzThe tiny stamp was used to identify baked products; experts think it belonged to a bakery that supplied kosher bread to the Jews of Acre in the Byzantine period. By Haaretz Tags: Israel archeology Hebrew University A 1500-year-old seal with the image …Temple Menorah Stamp…
CAMPAIGNERS seeking a new post office for a Basingstoke suburb say local shops are being approached to run it. More: continued here