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
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 rib. That was in 1954….
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 front of the story,” ……
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 here
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, a self-employed Web designer and…
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 Board, saying that he had…
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. … More: continued here
Food stamps should buy only nutritious foodsKennebec Journal, MEI was a family economist with the Consumer and Food Economics Research Division of the Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC, which designed and piloted the Food Stamp Act of 1964. The major goal of the law was to raise the nutrition level among … More: continued here
Terenz stamps mark on thisMirror.co.uk, UKTerenzium has the right conditions to get back in the winning groove inWetherby's Constant Security Handicap Hurdle (2.20). They should give Micky Hammond's gelding a member's badge at the West Yorkshire course – no fewer than 13 of his 18 starts over … More: continued here
Chinese Camp, CA — The United States Postal Service is offering up to a $10,000 reward for information regarding a burglary at the Chinese Camp Post Office. More: continued here