The North Syracuse village post office is in danger of closing, again. In 2004, village residents and local politicians fought successfully to keep the branch open. Now it’s back on the U.S. Postal Service’s list of 677 stations and branches nationwide for possible closure or consolidation. More: continued here
Read More »Fayetteville post office may close, consolidate (WRAL.com Raleigh)
In Fayetteville’s Haymount section, the post office has made up the core of the village since 1946. Now the Haymount Station, at 106 Oakridge Ave., is among more than 700 branches nationwide that could close or consolidate. More: continued here
Read More »Senate boosts food stamps as unemployment rises (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Senate on Tuesday passed a $124.3 billion agriculture spending bill that pays to add millions of people to the food stamp rolls as rising numbers of the jobless are forced into the program. Money for the federal school lunch program is going up 12 percent… Sponsored Topics: Food Stamp …
Read More »With Tiger away, others chase FedEx points in Reno (MSNBC)
RENO, Nev. (AP) -Charley Hoffman, Kevin Na, Andres Romero and Greg Chalmers are among those hoping to take advantage of the absence of Tiger Woods and the world’s top golfers by using this week’s Legends Reno-Tahoe Open to move up the PGA Tour money list and the FedEx Cup standings. …
Read More »Miley Cyrus and ebay team up for a good cause: You can be her roadie! – Examiner.com
New Zealand Herald Miley Cyrus and ebay team up for a good cause: You can be her roadie!Examiner.comCyrus has teamed up with ebay to have an auction in which proceeds will benefit the Pappy Cyrus Family Foundation which helps kids in need. …Own A Little Piece Of Miley!PerezHilton.comMiley Cyrus Auctioning …
Read More »FedEx Company Anticipates Recovery With Expansion (The Memphis Daily News)
At a time when many companies are putting the brakes on large-scale projects, FedEx Global Supply Chain Services Inc. is undertaking a $1 million expa…. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Expands Freight Forwarding Presence Globally (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—-FedEx Trade Networks, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and growing international ocean and air freight forwarder, today announced its expanded global presence with new freight forwarding offices in Asia and Latin America. More: continued here
Read More »Sergio Garcia needs good showing to make FedEx Cup Playoffs (Sports Illustrated)
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The next two weeks might go a long way toward determining what Sergio Garcia does this fall. More: continued here
Read More »Playing Post Office (San Diego Reader)
The Centre City Development Corp. is paying $10,160 to Heritage Architecture to create a “list of potential new uses, creative adaptive reuse design scenarios and provide cost-estimating services for the selected alternatives,” for rehabilitating the old downtown post office building on E Street, according to a July contract. More: continued …
Read More »Bids Start at $300,000 for Chicago’s Old Post Office (New York Times)
After 13 years of failed redevelopment efforts, the United States Postal Service is giving up and auctioning off its largest vacant property: the hulking 2.7-million-square-foot old central post office of Chicago, The New York Times’s Robert Sharoff reported. More: continued here
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