The U.S. Postal Service has postponed the potential closure of more than 3,700 post offices and 252 mail processing facilities until at least mid-May 2012. More: continued here
Read More »Birds of Prey stamps to be issued Jan. 20
The U.S. Postal Service salutes five kings of the sky with the Birds of Prey stamps: The northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), osprey (Pandion haliaetus) and northern harrier (Circus cyaneus). More: continued here
Read More »Tiny town’s faithful fear post office closure – The Tennessean
Tiny town's faithful fear post office closureThe TennesseanDonald MacArthur talks with Nancy Kirkland at the Cottage Grove Post Office earlier this month. The US Postal Service wants to shut down the rural post office to help cut costs. / George Walker IV / The Tennessean Cottage Grove residents fear closing …
Read More »Tiny town’s faithful fear post office closure
Cottage Grove residents say shutting down their post office will hurt local Mennonites and elderly people most. More: continued here
Read More »Services to be cut at a fifth of post offices in Lincolnshire – This is Lincolnshire
Services to be cut at a fifth of post offices in LincolnshireThis is LincolnshireServices at one in five post offices in Lincolnshire could be downgraded under plans to make the network more profitable, it has been claimed. Around 2000 of the network's 11500 branches will be changed into new 'PO …
Read More »Pensioner foils Brighton post office raid – BBC News
Pensioner foils Brighton post office raidBBC NewsThe 75-year-old man even managed to grab the robber's crash helmet after he had had burst into the Premier Store post office, Widdicombe Way, Brighton. The offender managed to flee on a moped driven by a second man after the incident on Wednesday. …Pensioner …
Read More »New series of stamps honors working dogs – ohmidog!
ohmidog! New series of stamps honors working dogsohmidog!The four dogs depicted in the 65-cent stamps are a guide dog assisting a woman who is blind, a tracking dog on the trail of a scent, a therapy dog visiting an elderly woman in her home, and a search and rescue dog …
Read More »From Shiprock to Ebay: Postcards tell stories – Farmington Daily Times
From Shiprock to Ebay: Postcards tell storiesFarmington Daily TimesThe card, which once journeyed from Flagstaff, Ariz., to a town nestled in the metropolis south of Boston, now is for sale on eBay. Little Corner, will ship the postcard from Maryland to the first person to pay $6.95 and claim a …
Read More »Milltown Post Office faces uncertain future – MyCentralJersey.com
Milltown Post Office faces uncertain futureMyCentralJersey.comMILLTOWN — Three plans of action are being considered for the Milltown Post Office, which was placed under emergency suspension after suffering severe flood damage from Tropical Storm Irene in August. United States Postal Service (USPS) spokesman …Postal Service policy changesFort Dodge Messengerall 2 news …
Read More »Elmira post office gets reprieve – Elmira Star-Gazette
Elmira post office gets reprieveElmira Star-GazetteIt may be my favorite Christmas present ever, and it continues to reliably In my last post, I reported that I blew an opportunity to bag a pheasant because my usually trusty shotgun jammed when I went to eject a shell. The downtown Elmira post …
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