Newbury Weekly News Group Post Office faces closure after second raidBasingstoke Gazette, UK –4 hours agoBy Vicky O'Hare POST Office services in Aldermaston may be lost after robbers targeted the branch for the second time in less than a year. …Post office raiders escape with cashReading Evening PostHunt for post office raidersCrawley …
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Internet auction house eBay Inc. may begin buying companies with low evaluations as a way to boost its classified ad business, according to a report Wednesday. (EBAY) More: continued here
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Read More »Ike evacuees can apply for hotel rooms, food stamps (News 8 Austin)
Hurricane Ike evacuees can stay at some hotels or motels through a transitional sheltering program. Additionally, emergency food stamps are being distributed to those who qualify. More: continued here
Read More »How to replace food stamps for food spoiled by power failure – Middletown Journal
How to replace food stamps for food spoiled by power failureMiddletown Journal, OH –13 minutes agoLEBANON — Food stamps will be replaced for those Warren County residents who purchased food with the stamps and then had the food spoil while electricity … More: continued here
Read More »San Jose council endorses post office honor for Chinese-American leader (San Jose Mercury News)
The San Jose City Council voted unanimously Tuesday in support of Rep. Mike Honda’s bid to rename the city’s main post office on Lundy Avenue after Chinese-American community leader Gordon N. Chan. More: continued here
Read More »Rule change in Washington extends food stamps to more families (KHQ Spokane)
OLYMPIA – Beginning October 1 an estimated 23,000 additional families will be eligible for food stamps in Washington state. The Department of Social and Health Services has changed the eligibility rules for the Basic Food program. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Oak to consider two-way traffic in front of post office (The Oakland Press)
A first-time patron of the U.S. Post Office in downtown Royal Oak, Al McMillan of Novi cautiously and quickly crossed Second Street. As a pedestrian, he had the right of way but he couldn’t be sure the two drivers heading toward him knew that. More: continued here
Read More »Bridal Veil group needs assistance relocating post office (Portland Tribune)
Members of the Bridal Veil Historical Preservation want to buy their community’s tiny 121 year-old post office and move it to a new site. To that end, they are planning a charity auction Saturday, Oct. 25, at the historic home of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, who are patrons …
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