New York Daily News Food Stamp Enrollment Hits Record HighKARK, Little RockDespite a 65-thousand-person drop in enrollment, Texas remained the state needing the most help, with nearly three-million people on food stamps. California came in second with two-and-a-half-million, up 43-thousand from December, followed by New York …Social Workers: More Arizonans on …
Read More »St. Louis Old Post Office Plaza Opens Today at 9th and Olive Streets – Riverfront Times
St. Louis Old Post Office Plaza Opens Today at 9th and Olive StreetsRiverfront Times, MOBy Nick Lucchesi in Bidness, Community The grand opening of the Old Post Office Plaza gets underway at 9th and Olive Streets at 4 pm today (aka happy hour!). The new $8-million, 30000-square-foot plaza was once home …
Read More »Food stamps fill gap as hunger in SJ soars – Stockton Record
Boston Globe Food stamps fill gap as hunger in SJ soarsStockton Record, CATo learn more about applying for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as food stamps, go to the county Human Services Agency Web site at www.sjgov.org/hsa/ or call (209) 468-1000. As the ranks of the jobless have grown, …One …
Read More »One in ten Americans collecting ‘food stamps’ (Daily Telegraph)
One in 10 Americans is now claiming ‘food stamps’ figures show as the nation’s unemployment figures reach their highest level in 25 years. More: continued here
Read More »One in 10 Americans on food stamps (CNN Money)
A record 32.2 million people are now receiving help from the anti-hunger program. More: continued here
Read More »With new post office, send snail mail without stepping off campus (Central Michigan Life)
Finding the time to mail that important package can be difficult for students and faculty. The opening of a new post office on campus may make that task easier. Central Michigan University opened a new post office Wednesday in the Combined Services Building Room 105, located in the Central Mailroom. …
Read More »FOI request reveals public and private story on post office (Dundas Star News)
Internal Canada Post documents indicate the Crown Corporation privately acknowledges the historic Dundas post office building’s significance -even placing it on its own potential heritage building list, while feeding the local community a very different story. More: continued here
Read More »eBay usage increase during recession (BigPond News)
The recession is encouraging people to search for cheaper goods online, according to eBay. More: continued here
Read More »Record number of Oklahomans receive food stamps in March (The Oklahoman)
Record highs continue to be set in Oklahoma’s food-stamp program as 1.3 percent more residents qualified for the assistance program last month, according to the state Department of Human Services. In March, 450,057 Oklahomans received food stamps, up from the previous record of 444,184 set in February. The number of …
Read More »Another satellite post office to close (KJCT 8 Grand Junction)
GRAND JUNCTION (KJCT)- More customers are out of a convenient neighborhood post office. The last contract postal unit open in Grand Junction will close at the end of May. More: continued here
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