A Suffolk village post office which closed last year, is officially reopened thanks to a legacy left to a church. More: continued here
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Read More »Funding threatens Phoenix post office that homeless use (The Arizona Republic)
After being notified of a cut in USPS funding to the post office at Lodestar Day Resource Center, the center’s executive director is scrambling to raise money to keep the office open. More: continued here
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When is the FedEx guy not the FedEx guy? If he’s delivering the shoes or the novel you ordered, there’s a good chance that he and two or three co-workers are employees of a small business with a local address. And the FedEx logos on their shirts and trucks may …
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Read More »FedEx SmartPost leases part of big spec center in Olathe (BizJournals)
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Read More »Harwinton post office may close (The Register Citizen)
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Read More »Union City Teen Convicted In Shopping Center Murder – KTVU.com
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