Udall, Bennet urge caution on post office closuresSummit County Citizens VoiceA plan to close post offices is drawing some fire from the public and elected officials. By Summit Voice In a letter to Ruth Goldway, chairwoman of the Postal Regulatory Commission, the senators represented the concerns of Colorado's rural residents …
Read More »Tracy Baxter Reports: Closing post offices erodes local connection – Times Herald-Record
Boston Globe Tracy Baxter Reports: Closing post offices erodes local connectionTimes Herald-RecordMany of us who live in one of the region's more rural areas picked up more than just the mail when we walked into our local post office these past couple of weeks. It's always been a great place …
Read More »Welcome reversal: Remote post offices will be spared for now – Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
KOB.com Welcome reversal: Remote post offices will be spared for nowFairbanks Daily News-MinerThe US Postal Service has chosen wisely in removing most remote Alaska post offices from its list of proposed closures. These post offices have provided essential services for decades at relatively little cost. Their communities should not suffer …
Read More »Patrons en mass oppose small post office closures
Postal patrons in Avon and Elliston expressed concerns about the proposed closing of their local post offices during recent public meetings. More: continued here
Read More »The postman never rings once, says disabled Karen – This is Total Essex
The postman never rings once, says disabled KarenThis is Total EssexA DISABLED woman who relies on Royal Mail for notice of her hospital appointments became baffled when she realised that her postman was coming to the door but not leaving any post. Karen Reed, of Meadgate Avenue, who suffers from …
Read More »New Vastern Road project is revealed
Plans to pull down the multi-coloured Royal Mail sorting office and build a new Station Square will be looked at by Reading planners tomorrow. More: continued here
Read More »EBay Puts Start-Up at Heart of eCommerce – Wall Street Journal (blog)
EBay Puts Start-Up at Heart of eCommerceWall Street Journal (blog)But the scary lift wasn't enough to put off eBay executives, who recently bought the company even before it had celebrated its second birthday. Rumors say they paid $20 million. Ron Gura will lead eBay's social commerce unit. …and more » More: …
Read More »Martinsburg post office on closure list; residents appealing – WatertownDailyTimes.com
Martinsburg post office on closure list; residents appealingWatertownDailyTimes.comMARTINSBURG — The US Postal Service plans to close its office in this Lewis County hamlet, but residents are appealing that decision. “Please consider this appeal as we have great pride in our Post Office and have always had a Post …Brooklyn Post …
Read More »Fife postal annex serving carriers – TheNewsTribune.com
New Yorker (blog) Fife postal annex serving carriersTheNewsTribune.comBut the US Postal Service doesn't expect to open a full-fledged post office in the city in the foreseeable future, despite Fife's long-held goal to have one. A new annex for carriers to pick up their mail opened in Fife on Monday. …The …
Read More »Give us back our post office
EIGHTY-year-old Nicodemus Squire was hobbling the two-mile trek to the Point Hill Post Office in St Catherine yesterday to inquire about his PATH benefit when he received word that the facility was relocated to Lluidas Vale some seven miles away. … More: continued here
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