Akron neighborhood to fight post office closure19 Action NewsA neighborhood post office will be closing but, the city isn't going down without a fight. The Goodyear Heights Post Office at 1763 Goodyear Boulevard will close its doors after business this Friday. However, the Mayor's office has filed a temporary …Local …
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LIEBENTHAL — Residents are at a loss over what’s behind the sign on the door of the Liebenthal Post Office, telling customers to pick up their mail in La Crosse. More: continued here
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Read More »‘Inquiry’ shuts down Liebenthal PO -6/15/2011, 9:58 AM – Hays Daily News
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Read More »Jeff Stamps; wrote books on improving computer systems
With a mind as elegant as the lines he sliced into mountainsides, skiing down slopes, Jeff Stamps crafted ideas that helped companies improve the way networks of people and computers worked together, inside and outside their walls. More: continued here
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London, Jun 15 (PTI) An online auction is on for lunch meeting with whistle-blower website Wikileaks” chief Julian Assange here next month and the bids have already reached 560 British Pounds (over Rs 40,000 a person).The bidding is being conducted on internet auction website eBay for the three-hour lunch meeting …
Read More »Postal memorabilia wanted for Ramsey event – isleofman.com
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Read More »Canada’s Raitt Says No Post Office Back-To-Work Law Planned – San Francisco Chronicle
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