Post offices offer Sunday serviveCT PostDuring the 2013 Holiday season the postal service said it delivered 434 million packages and 6.4 billion pieces of first class mail nationwide. This year, post offices have projected a 12 percent growth in packages, amounting to 450 to 470 million pieces.Valencia Post Office to …
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Christmas is well underway at Royal Mail, and the busy postmen and women are already dealing with online shopping parcels and cards and letters. More: continued here
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ESPN Stamp dedicated to Wilt ChamberlainESPNThe Wilt Chamberlain Limited Edition Forever stamps, featuring the "Big Dipper" in poses with the Philadelphia Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers, became available on Friday morning. Chamberlain is the first NBA player to appear on a U.S. postage stamp.Postage Stamp Pays Tribute to Wilt ChamberlainNew …
Read More »Santa Clarita Post Office To Be Open Sundays This Month – KHTS Radio
KHTS Radio Santa Clarita Post Office To Be Open Sundays This MonthKHTS RadioAnd at the Postal Service's website, customers can shop and ship from their home or office anytime of the day or night. Millions of customers will skip the trip to the Post Office altogether and take advantage of …
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Post Office has consulted on plans to move Langley Court branch to Ormesby, where another branch at Cargo Fleet Lane already exists More: continued here
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Employees who collect and distribute cash across 11,500 branches set to walk out in dispute over pay and jobs Workers who deliver cash to post offices are set to strike next week in a dispute over pay and jobs. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) who collect and distribute …
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Online shopping platforms eBay and Groupon have converged with their offline retail peers by opening pop-up stores to offer instant shopping to beat the Christmas rush and ensure delivery before the crucial date of December 24. More: continued here
Read More »Developer to Part Ways with Old Post Office, Puts It Up For Sale – Curbed Chicago
Developer to Part Ways with Old Post Office, Puts It Up For SaleCurbed ChicagoConsider this a case of return to sender. British developer Bill Davies, whose titanic struggle to develop the behemoth downtown Old Man Post Office, is apparently giving someone else a shot, Crain's reports. While Davies turned down …
Read More »Sixers To Formally Dedicate Wilt Chamberlain Stamps On Friday – CBS Local
Sixers To Formally Dedicate Wilt Chamberlain Stamps On FridayCBS LocalPHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Wilt Chamberlain will become the first NBA player to be honored with a United States Postal Service stamp. The Sixers and the USPS will formally dedicate the stamps on Friday when the team squares off against the Thunder. …
Read More »Post Office faces pre-Christmas strike action
Workers who deliver money to Post Offices will stage a 24-hour strike in a dispute over pay and jobs ahead of Christmas. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are set to walk out on December 12. More: continued here
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