I read in Wednesday’s Dispatch the Postal Service was considering closing the downtown Columbus post office. Beside the practical inconvenience, such a move would vacate a building on the National Register of Historic Places and end a 191-year stretch for the Main Street staple. More: continued here
Read More »This decision was mailed in – Boston Globe
This decision was mailed inBoston GlobeBut as determined as islanders are to avoid so many things that make life go too fast, they draw the line at not having a post office. Cuttyhunk's Post Office and its zip code, 02713, are part of its identity. Like everything else on this …
Read More »Mendota’s post office eyed for closure, but residents say rural location is indispensable
Barber Greg Barnholdt believes he has the best location in Mendota. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail Asks To Leave Some Mail With Neighbours – Hell Mail
Royal Mail Asks To Leave Some Mail With NeighboursHell MailThe Royal Mail has asked the UK postal regulator, Postcomm, to amend the compensation arrangements for lost and damaged items by reducing the present 12 month claim period to just 90 days with a view to reducing this to 60, and …
Read More »Post ‘Office’: Steve Carell took the kids to Disney World
Steve Carell doesn’t have a plan.The actor’s recent departure from “The Office” could be interpreted as a strategy to establish a long-term career in films before wearing out his welcome on TV. But in discussing his new relationship comedy “Crazy, Stupid, Love,” which opened Friday, Carell claims to have no …
Read More »Postal service proposal criticized – San Angelo Standard Times
Postal service proposal criticizedSan Angelo Standard TimesContact Texas regional reporter Trish Choate at 202-408-2709 or cho SAN ANGELO, Texas — WASHINGTON — If you take away a post office from a small town, then you might as well line Main Street with tumbleweeds while you're at it, some might say …
Read More »European Commission to investigate Royal Mail overhaul – BBC News
BBC News European Commission to investigate Royal Mail overhaulBBC NewsThe European Commission has begun an investigation into whether the UK government's plan to overhaul the Royal Mail contravenes EU rules on state aid. The government plans to take on Royal Mail's£8bn pension deficit and restructure its £1.7bn debts. … More: …
Read More »Weigh with care before closing city post office – Elmira Star-Gazette
The Daily Planet Weigh with care before closing city post officeElmira Star-GazetteCustomer Kimberly Spirawk of Elmira, foreground, has a package weighed Tuesday at the downtown Elmira post office. / RAY FINGER / Staff Photo Clearly, the US Postal Service is struggling in the Internet age. As more people have turned …
Read More »Stampeders edge Roughriders – London Free Press
Globe and Mail Stampeders edge RoughridersLondon Free PressWith the win, the Stamps improve to 3-2. They head home to face the suddenly hot Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3-2) next Saturday at McMahon Stadium. The Riders drop to 1-4 and will face a basement bowl meeting with the winless BC Lions next week …
Read More »Customers unhappy to find post offices on list of possible closures
Standing alone on an emptied section of Second Street in Baskett, the community post office there has been serving its patrons from the same location for more than 100 years. More: continued here
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