Smoke closes Petersburg post office – Progress Index

Smoke closes Petersburg post officeProgress IndexPETERSBURG – People dropping by the post office on Sycamore Street around lunchtime Monday were surprised to find the building surrounded by fire trucks. A motor burned up, filling the basement with smoke, fire officials said. "By the time we got here, … More: continued …

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Port Wentworth Post Office closes

Customers moved to Garden City branch The Port Wentworth Post Office closed for good Monday. “I was hoping they could’ve stopped it somehow or another,” Port Wentworth resident Lisa Grant said as she stood in the post office parking lot and sorted her mail. Grant had both personal and business …

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Post office troubles

DOUGLAS After almost three months of having services temporarily suspended, the future of the post office here is still lingering in limbo. An eight-week temporary suspension period was placed on Dec. 3, 2010, by Wanda Cleveland, U.S. More: continued here

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Welfare paid for upscale lifestyle – Albany Times Union

Welfare paid for upscale lifestyleAlbany Times Union"I didn't report this income because my husband was not working and I thought I was under the income levels for food stamps and Medicaid." Prosecutors allege Lopez bilked approximately $65000 from the Albany County Department of Social Services after …and more » More: continued …

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