New Orleans – The city of New Orleans is holding a public meeting Tuesday night to discuss the future of a major area postal center. The United States Postal Service is considering shutting down the distribution center on Loyola Avenue which employs almost 900 people. The nationwide consolidation comes in the wake of the postal…
Scotland Courier Customers wait to see if Royal Mail can deliver on promise of better Christmas …Scotland CourierRoyal Mail is to introduce greater resources over the festive period in a bid to avoid the kind of chaos that hit deliveries in Dundee East last winter. The Dundee East office was at the centre of the…
Mississippi Leads US In Reliance On Food StampsNPR (blog)The number of Americans who use food stamps is now close to 46 million, or 15 percent of the population. The government program that provides food stamps is formally known as SNAP, for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. …Foodstamp Challenge: First Trip to the Grocery StoreMinneapolis Star…
Which4U – UK NS&I ends Post Office savings accountsMoneyExpertNational Savings and Investments (NS&I) have recently announced plans to stop selling savings accounts at the Post Office. This means that Investment or Easy Access Savings accounts will no longer be available from November 28th. …National Savings & Investments to break from the Post OfficeWhich4U – UKall…
After spending Saturday night celebrating that day’s regular-season-ending victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Calgary Stampeders defensive tackle DeVone Claybrooks arrived home with his roommate Charleston Hughes in the wee hours of Sunday morning. More: continued here
Mississippi Leads U.S. In Reliance On Food StampsNPR (blog)The number of Americans who use food stamps is now close to 46 million, or 15 percent of the population. The government program that provides food stamps is formally known as SNAP, for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. …and more » More: continued here
Officials will meet with local communities that might lose their post officesPalladium-ItemTwo communities in Wayne County and one in Union County where post offices are on the list for potential closure can discuss those plans with postal officials at meetings this week. The meeting for the Boston Post Office will be at 2 pm Wednesday…
$2.5 Million to be Saved With Post Office Closure, Study FindsPatch.comSome 220 local workers would also be transferred to other post offices within a 50-mile radius, eliminating next day service. A community meeting to discuss the impending closure has been scheduled for Wedns. Nov. 16 at 6pm at the Lucchesi Community …Postal Service study supports…
Designer of the first Great War Australian stamps descended from long line of soldiers. More: continued here
After spending Saturday night celebrating that day’s regular-season-ending victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Calgary Stampeders defensive tackle DeVone Claybrooks arrived home with his roommate Charleston Hughes in the wee hours of Sunday morning. More: continued here