New FdL postmaster talks about the Post Office's past and what's nextFond du Lac ReporterHe has worked for the US Postal Service for 24 years, a job that has taken him across the Midwest, from Fond du Lac to Minneapolis to Arpin, Wis. No matter where he went, the Post …
Read More »Group Starts Pantry For Items Not Covered By Food Stamps – WISC Madison
Group Starts Pantry For Items Not Covered By Food StampsWISC MadisonThese are items that are not covered by government issued food stamps. The program is a partnership with Zion Lutheran Church, and the new Salvation Army location is the fourth personal essentials pantry in Dane County. To find out more …
Read More »From the archive, 16 August 1911: The ugly new postage stamps – The Guardian
From the archive, 16 August 1911: The ugly new postage stampsThe GuardianAgain, some people say that a stamp is only a receipt, and what does its design matter anyway? The answer is that few things have so wide and important a bearing on public taste as the character of our …
Read More »Philand asks for tolerance at Thursday planning meeting ‘Lunga hutters’ – For Argyll
For Argyll Philand asks for tolerance at Thursday planning meeting 'Lunga hutters'For ArgyllThe 'Lunga hutters' were – are – a significant part of the Ardfern community, 'visible' to the community and t the Royal Mail but invisible, in all respects, to the council's planning department who had no idea of …
Read More »Canley post office robber jailed for six years – Coventry Telegraph
Canley post office robber jailed for six yearsCoventry TelegraphA ROBBER who stormed a Coventry post office armed with an industrial paint scraper has been jailed for six years. Nicolas Bates, aged 22, threatened a cashier – who believed the decorating tool was an axe – before demanding the takings … …
Read More »Canada to add word ‘royal’ to navy, air force
Ottawa, August 16 (ANI): In a bid to embrace its traditional roots, Canada will restore the ‘royal’ label to its navy and air force today. More: continued here
Read More »Post Office probes top execs
The chief executive and the chief operating officer of the SA Post Office are facing disciplinary action over irregular and fruitless expenditure incurred on a lease for the parastatal’s new head office. More: continued here
Read More »Post office moving out of historic downtown building – The Spokesman Review
Post office moving out of historic downtown buildingThe Spokesman ReviewThe US Post Office will cease its services in the downtown branch on Riverside and Howard by the middle of 2012. The US Postal Service plans to move out of its historic Riverside Avenue post office in downtown Spokane to cut …
Read More »Group Starts Pantry Offering Items Not Covered By Food Stamps – WISC Madison
Group Starts Pantry Offering Items Not Covered By Food StampsWISC MadisonThese are items that are not covered by government-issued food stamps. The program is a partnership with Zion Lutheran Church. The new Salvation Army location is the fourth Personal Essentials Pantry in Dane County. For information on how to donate, …
Read More »Funding cuts announced for UT extension program – WBIR-TV
WBIR-TV Funding cuts announced for UT extension programWBIR-TVThe Tennessee Nutrition and Consumer Education program teaches healthy food choices for families who use SNAP or food stamps. However, recent federal changes to this type of education nationwide means funding cuts for almost 75% of the program. …UT eliminates 44 jobs, including …
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