Binmen Trashed My £20m StampsGlasgow Sunday Mail, UKJim Ford says he left thousands of rare stamps to dry outside his flat after they were soaked by water from a burst pipe. He accuses refuse collectors of mistaking them for rubbish – and he plans to sue council chiefs over the blunder. …
Read More »SF: GATEWAY POST OFFICE TO HOST PASSPORT FAIR FOR SPRING TRAVELERS – CBS 5
SF: GATEWAY POST OFFICE TO HOST PASSPORT FAIR FOR SPRING TRAVELERSCBS 5, CAThe Gateway post office in San Francisco will host a Passport Fair on Wednesday to help prepare residents for spring travel, according to a US Postal Service spokesman. Passport clerks will be available at the fair to assist residents …
Read More »Web mail pushing the envelope – Indianapolis Star
Web mail pushing the envelopeIndianapolis Star, United StatesBy Alana Semuels / Los Angeles Times The post office doesn't deliver mail to Steven Stark's Santa Maria, Calif., home anymore. It's not that Stark, the 36-year-old owner of an Internet company, is unpopular. He just decided he'd rather deal with all of … …
Read More »25000 stamps to a new hobby – Borneo Bulletin
Borneo Bulletin 25000 stamps to a new hobbyBorneo Bulletin, Brunei DarussalamBy James Kon The Postal Services Department under the Ministry of Communications yesterday morning launched an ambitious challenge to collect 25000 stamps by June 13, to commemorate Brunei's Silver Jubilee National Day celebration. … More: continued here
Read More »Post office keeps its workers coming back – Cherry Hill Courier Post
Post office keeps its workers coming backCherry Hill Courier Post, NJBy JEAN MIKLE • Gannett New Jersey • March 15, 2009 Edwin S. Oliver was 18 when he was hired as a temporary employee at the Manasquan Post Office, filling in for a letter carrier who had fallen and broken a …
Read More »Sun City Summerlin residents demand their post office – Las Vegas Sun
Sun City Summerlin residents demand their post officeLas Vegas Sun, NVBy Becky Bosshart Several Sun City Summerlin residents are threatening to protest in their golf carts outside the Longs Drugs store if its post office is shuttered at the end of the month. “If necessary we would go and protest in …
Read More »Texas children's need for subsidized school meals grows – Houston Chronicle
Texas children's need for subsidized school meals growsHouston Chronicle, United StatesSchool districts should encourage year-round enrollment and automatic approval of families receiving food stamps. They should share the status of students who move. Area school districts note a sharp increase in the number of students who have been … More: continued …
Read More »Plan B: put home in a cave on eBay at $300000 – San Francisco Chronicle
Plan B: put home in a cave on eBay at $300000San Francisco Chronicle, USAIf they can't secure new financing, they've got a backup plan – auctioning their cave home through eBay. Bidding starts at $300000. "I get the financing, or I sell the property, or I lose everything," Curt Sleeper, …
Read More »Lack of handicapped access at Taunton post office disturbs disabled – Enterprise News
Lack of handicapped access at Taunton post office disturbs disabledEnterprise News, MABy Ashley Lopes The Taunton post office is one of just a handful in the area which isn’t handicap accessible. Kenny Cieplik, who is in a wheelchair, visited the facility last March and filed a complaint with the US Access …
Read More »Efforts under way to nominate Maggie Walker for a stamp – Richmond Times Dispatch
Efforts under way to nominate Maggie Walker for a stampRichmond Times Dispatch, VABut word of her accomplishments would circulate as far and wide as US postage stamps if the Maggie L. Walker Alumni Association has its way. The group is nominating Maggie Walker for the postal service's Black Heritage stamp series. …
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