South Bend Tribune What would moving the SB post office distribution center mean for youABC 57 NewsSome of the employees have been with the postal service for more than 40 years. Cyd Maravolo, of South Bend, showed up for the meeting to show her support in keeping the distribution center local, "I love the post…
KTUU With More Alaskans On Food Stamps, More Need Help Putting Thanksgiving Dinner …KTUUMore Alaskans are relying on food stamps to eat, according to the US Census Bureau. Census numbers show that the number of people in the state getting food stamps increased 10.6 percent between 2009 and 2010 …Food stamp use up in '10,…
Several local communities are trying to keep their post offices from being shut down. The proposed closures are part of a plan to help the post office deal with billions of dollars of debt. One of the More: continued here
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet Wednesday announced that the USPS has issued a temporary “time-out” on post office closings that will provide more time for the agency to examine potential effects of these closings on local communities and help Coloradans avoid frustrating and needless holiday season service interruptions. More: continued here
Beacon Hill Residents Rally to Save Neighborhood Post OfficePatch.comThe State House's post office is one of 43 in Massachusetts that might be shuttered, but dozens of Beacon Hill residents are fighting the proposal. Almost 50 people, including Secretary of State William Galvin, attended a public … More: continued here
The secret post officeSeminole VoiceLocated off South County Road 419, in an unadvertised, washed-white strip building set back from the road and behind some trees, is the Chuluota United States Post Office contract branch. For the residents of Chuluota, this was their community post … More: continued here
Competition: Win a Royal Mail Christmas Presentation Pack!Inspire MagazineThis year the Royal Mail's Christmas stamps depict the story of the Nativity. Mary holding the infant Jesus appears on the 1 st Class stamp, while an image of Joseph being visited by the Angel appears on the 2 nd Class stamp. … More: continued here
BusinessWeek Yum Brands' Food-Stamp Bid Unlikely to SucceedBusinessWeekBrands wants to let low-income Americans use food stamps at its Taco Bell and KFC restaurants. Now the US Agriculture Dept., which funds the food stamp program, has also voiced its opposition and is encouraging states not to give Yum a green light. …and more » More: continued here
A gunman walked into a southwest suburban FedEx shipping facility Thursday morning yelling for his wife, then fired several shots that sent panicked employees fleeing before he fatally shot himself, police said.Nobody else was injured in the Bedford Park shooting. The shooter, identified as 28-year-old Benyamin Robinson of Chicago, was found dead in a vehicle…
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