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At the post office, you can say goodbye to those vending machines in the lobby that you could use to purchase stamps instead of going up to the counter. But officials are bringing in a modern replacement — the postal equivalent of an ATM. More: continued here

City of Hamilton staff are investigating why a safety barrier surrounding the historic downtown Dundas post office building was removed last week just as the structure’s new owner was revealed. More: continued here

LACONIA — For a couple of hours Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. Post Office on Church Street as well as the Clinton Street branch were out of “holiday” and “forever” series stamps, causing an inconvenience to some customers. More: continued here

Cook County’s Forest Preserve District put 70 toboggan sleds on sale on eBay and they sold out in just seven minutes. More: continued here

US Post Office box stolen from Hamilton street cornerMiddletown JournalHAMILTON — A large, commercial-size US Postal Service mailbox in the 1200 block of Cleveland …and more » More: continued here

Gaston County Department of Social Services provides millions of dollars to feed families each month. Federally funded food stamps are feeding thousands of families each month in Gaston County, and the numbers keep going up. “We have a lot more… More: continued here

New York Times (blog) Fingerprinting to Prevent Food Stamp AbuseExaminer.comNew York, Texas, California, and Arizona, collectively, have more than 25 percent of all food stamp recipients in the United States. …Fingerprinting of Food Stamp Applicants Raises QuestionsNew York Times (blog)Obama Administration May Begin Ending Fingerprints For Food StampsChattahBoxFingerprinting For Food …

Postal staff in Dumfries and Galloway will process 5.5million items of mail…Dumfries and Galloway StandardROYAL Mail workers will deliver an estimated 5.5 million Christmas cards and parcels in Dumfries and Galloway this year. Yesterday, they were working their …and more » More: continued here

So you have been DXing and QSLing for a while and have amassed a pile of envelopes with foreign stamps and never knew what to do with them? You have a DXCC, WAS or some other favorite award and you want to go from plain to snazzy ?   More: …

Pressing for his party’s demand on employing ‘sons of soil’, MNS chief Raj Thackeray has warned the Post Master General to give priority to locals for the post office jobs or else cancel the recruitment procedure. More: continued here