An agreement between the Borough of Park Ridge and an entity titled PRAH Associates, LLC, has been reached for the sale of the former post office site. Resolution 011-322 was approved at the Tuesday, Oct. 11 council meeting authorizing Mayor Donald Ruschman to “execute” the contract for its sale. The …
Read More »Here in the eBay State – Worcester Telegram
State Journal Here in the eBay StateWorcester TelegramStarting Saturday, goods will be sold on eBay to the highest bidder. This is the seventh year the state has used eBay in this way. Previously, it held live auctions, but those were much less profitable. Last year's eBay auction of 2418 bid …
Read More »Fight for post office, town urged – Omaha World-Herald
Fight for post office, town urgedOmaha World-HeraldELLIOTT, Iowa — In one of hundreds of meetings that are taking place across Nebraska and Iowa, US Postal Service officials met with concerned residents here Wednesday night to talk about the future of the town's post office. …Residents, postal service at impasseAustin Weekly …
Read More »Downtown post office may close in January
Work begins to prepare carrier annex on S. Orchard Ave. Work to prepare the Ukiah Postal Carrier Annex for the closure of the downtown post office began this week and is expected to continue for the next three months. More: continued here
Read More »Middle school teacher jailed in theft, drug case – Las Vegas Review-Journal
Middle school teacher jailed in theft, drug caseLas Vegas Review-JournalPolice were there to confront Gendall about suspicions that she was selling the school's TI-84 graphing calculators on eBay. The investigation began with an Oct. 11 phone call from a man in Oceanside, Calif. He said he had bought a calculator …
Read More »$31.50 a Week – Forward
$31.50 a WeekForwardThe last time that Steve Gutow, president of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, tried to live on an average budget of food stamps for a week, it was 2007, and the allotment was $21. He ate a great deal of lentils, rice, onions, eggs — not such …
Read More »Glenn lives with new post office home – Commercial Record
Glenn lives with new post office homeCommercial RecordThe Glenn post office—and with it, Glenn itself—lives, thanks to this small community and a large federal bureau working to make ends meet. On Oct. 20 Glenn, home since 1856 to a post office with a postmaster, saw that tradition end. … More: …
Read More »Downtown post office may close in January – Ukiah Daily Journal
Downtown post office may close in JanuaryUkiah Daily JournalWork to prepare the Ukiah Postal Carrier Annex for the closure of the downtown post office began this week and is expected to continue for the next three months. James Widgel, spokesman for the United States …Pearce not forthcoming about everything with …
Read More »Pos Indonesia launches 2011 Games stamps – Jakarta Post
Pos Indonesia launches 2011 Games stampsJakarta PostPALEMBANG: State-owned postal firm PT Pos Indonesia has launched a series of 26th SEA Games stamps as part of the national effort to celebrate the biennial competition, which runs from Nov. 11–22. “It is a good step to making the Games successful. …and more » …
Read More »Proposed post office closures
Rural residents still have time to submit letters to their U.S. senators and representatives concerning seven proposed post office closures. More: continued here
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