From Six-Figure Salaries To Food StampsCBS 2, CAAndrew Balzer never thought he would be standing in line for food stamps. After working in the corporate world as a staff recruiter, he was laid off in November. He had a six-figure income. Now he has a case worker. "The household income is …
Read More »Lincoln Stamps Bring Neary $2 Million at a New York Auction – New York Times
Lincoln Stamps Bring Neary $2 Million at a New York AuctionNew York Times, United StatesSold for $149600: a rare block of 1869 Lincoln stamps. A good part of that myth is owed to Lincoln's appearance on postage stamps. The first one, a black 15-cent stamp, was issued in 1866, a year …
Read More »Why did food stamp benefits decline? – Wisconsin State Journal
Why did food stamp benefits decline?Wisconsin State Journal, WI31, was recently informed that his monthly benefit through Wisconsin's version of the food stamps program — called foodshare — would drop to $16. This was seven days after he was told his benefit of $176 was increasing to $200. … More: continued …
Read More »Record numbers of Montanans collecting food stamps – Great Falls Tribune
Record numbers of Montanans collecting food stampsGreat Falls Tribune, MTAP • April 19, 2009 More than 1 in 11 Montanans now use food stamps to help cover their grocery bills. At the start of April, they received a record $10.6 million in food stamp benefits. It was the first time food …
Read More »As economy sours, more turning to food stamps – Providence Journal
Providence Journal As economy sours, more turning to food stampsProvidence Journal, RIBy Cynthia Needham Sheila Joost, a clerk with the Department of Human Services, which administers the food stamp program, works at the Warwick office. PROVIDENCE — The men and women who appear at Chantelle Gonzalez's desk wear anxious expressions and …
Read More »Postal worker stole nearly $700k in stamps, feds say – OhMyGov!
Postal worker stole nearly $700k in stamps, feds sayOhMyGov!, DCA US Postal Service window clerk and his associate were nabbed in an undercover bust for pocketing over a half million dollars in stamps, and reselling them on eBay, according to a federal indictment. The Maryland US Attorney's Office said Elkridge … …
Read More »New Deal art filled post offices – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
New Deal art filled post officesPittsburgh Post Gazette, PABy Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The mural, "Justice" created in the 1940s by Harry Scheuch in the City-County Building: Note the muscular figure holding the scales of justice. Pennsylvania holds the second largest collection of post office… More: continued here
Read More »MaltaPost Models Echo Royal Mail Vehicles – Hell Mail
MaltaPost Models Echo Royal Mail VehiclesHell Mail, UKThat may be because they are: a Bedford CA, a Morris 1000 and a Mini Van – all in 1:43 scale and a familar sight on British roads at one time and in use by the Royal Mail. You'll need to be quick though. …
Read More »eBay Alternative ‘Atomic Mall’ Holds Sidewalk Sale (AuctionBytes)
Atomic Mall’s first annual Sidewalk Sale will get underway on Saturday, April 18, 2009 and will run through Monday, April 20th. This event will be a sitewide sale extravaganza, with merchants taking items out of their mall stores, and out onto the virtual “sidewalk.” More: continued here
Read More »Hazmat Scare at Richmond’s Main Post Office (CBS 6 Richmond)
A hazmat scare forces the evacuation of Richmond’s Main Post Office on Brook Road. Crews were called to the scene around 10:30 p.m. Saturday night after three postal workers called for help after feeling sick. All three had been handling some sort of package with a white substance leaking out …
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