BBC News Royal Mail to replace thousands of bicycles with vansTimes Online, UKThe sight of a postman pedalling down the street will become much rarer under plans by the Royal Mail to phase out thousands of bicycles and replace them with vans. The distinctive red bicycles will be removed from service …
Read More »Picketers Protest Possible Post Office Closing In New Castle (WPXI Pittsburgh)
Around 100 picketers protested outside of the New Castle Post Office on Friday. More: continued here
Read More »Stamp prices go up 2 cents to 44 cents Monday – WSLS.com
Stamp prices go up 2 cents to 44 cents MondayWSLS.com, VABy Jarett Henshaw With postage prices going up Monday, people are stock piling forever stamps. They're only forty-two cents today and they'll be good forever . . . no matter how much stamps go up. Marion Vaughn Howard is stocking up …
Read More »Archaeological looting reduced by eBay effect (TG Daily)
Step aside, Indiana Jones: the rise of eBay means nobody’s interested in looting antiquities any more. More: continued here
Read More »4 suspended for Rs 3.58 lakh fraud at post office – Times of India
4 suspended for Rs 3.58 lakh fraud at post officeTimes of India, IndiaJUNAGADH: Assistant post master and three officials of Gandhigram post office were suspended on Thursday for allegedly siphoning off Rs 3.58 lakh from a post office savings account. According to postal department officials, assistant post master CT … More: …
Read More »Postal Workers To Help Stamp Out Hunger – WLWT
Postal Workers To Help Stamp Out HungerWLWT, OHFood stamps don't cover toiletries and similar items, so many families need those, as well. "There's people out there that really, truly need this, that you open up the refrigerator and they've got nothing to feed their kids," said Brenda Lewis, … More: continued …
Read More »Post office filed numerous changes of address (The Glen Ellyn Sun)
When the United States Post Office was created in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress, it was made part of the presidential cabinet and, believe it or not, the postmaster general was in the presidential line of succession (albeit last in line). More: continued here
Read More »You can now use food stamps, debit cards at farmers market – State-Journal.com
You can now use food stamps, debit cards at farmers marketState-Journal.com, KYBy Maggie Greene The Franklin County Farmers Market is one of five in the state to allow the use of food stamps and debit cards. Market organizers say they hope the program, funded by the Kentucky Farmers Market Association, makes …
Read More »EBay May Sell More Luxury Goods Under Draft EU Rules – Bloomberg
EBay May Sell More Luxury Goods Under Draft EU RulesBloombergBy Matthew Newman May 8 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc.'s traders may have fewer restrictions on selling luxury goods under European Union regulators' plans to break down barriers to Internet sales. The European Commission, the 27-nation EU's antitrust … More: continued here
Read More »Simpsons stamps a big hit in Springfield, Vt. (Boston Globe)
The debut of “Simpsons” stamps was a big hit in the Vermont town that claims the cartoon family as its own. More: continued here
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