Your Local Guardian Record shop owner plans to fight Royal Mail developmentYour Local GuardianRoyal Mail spokesman Sally Hopkins said: "It is our intention to use this extra space to create a modern customer service point for our customers in both Esher and Molesey who visit us to collect any items of mail that we were…
Jaunted If You're Looking For a Disney Monorail Just Check With eBayJauntedTheme park fans need to monitor eBay and other online auction sites, as every once in a while a true gem comes up for sale. Just recently this was the case, as a pretty big piece of Walt Disney World had a chance of…
Ald. Mitts, Stamps duke it out in first debateAustinTalksAld. Emma Mitts (37th) and challenger Tara Stamps threw a few white-knuckled swings Tuesday night during their first debate this election cycle, heating up the race just two weeks before the runoff. The April 7 election is the first runoff for 15-year … More: continued here
New York Times There's Just One Problem With Photos on Food Stamp CardsNew York TimesPutting photos on the cards people use to redeem food stamps seems like a simple anti-fraud idea. But in Massachusetts, which started putting photos on Electronic Benefit Transfer cards in 2013, it hasn't worked out for reasons that should have been…
The Columbian 5 reasons your kids should collect stampsThe ColumbianAt the Postal History Foundation in Tucson, Ariz., Lisa Dembowski and her colleagues work with more than 14,000 kids each year in person and online, sharing lesson plans with teachers and sending packets of stamps to kids. Dembowski doesn't have … More: continued here
The Courier-Journal Mubtaahij romps in UAE Derby; on to KentuckyThe Courier-JournalMike de Kock, trainer of UAE Derby favorite Mubtaahij, was hesitant to talk about a trip to Churchill Downs before Saturday's test at the Meydan Racecourse. Now there's no question. Connections will bid for the American Triple Crown. Mubtaahij, from …and more » More: continued here
Chicago Sun-Times Republican budget plan slashes Medicare, Medicaid, food stampsWorld Socialist Web SiteThe Republican-controlled House of Representatives and US Senate went on record this week approving budget resolutions that would eviscerate basic social programs on which tens of millions of elderly, poor and sick Americans depend. The actions came …The GOP's budget gimmickry won't fix the…
(AP) — A post office has been named for a former U.S. attorney who was also Champaign County's first African-American state's attorney. Burgess was a commander of one of six African-American tank companies under General George Patton and fought in the infamous Battle of the Bulge. More: continued here
New Canaan Advertiser Opinion: Get ready, New Canaan, for the pop-up Post Office!New Canaan AdvertiserOn March 11, Tatiana Roy, marketing manager for the United States Postal Service emailed New Canaan First Selectman Rob Mallozzi III, telling him that in two weeks a 'final decision' would likely be made to determine the location of the town's…
-United States Postal Service officials announced plans to move out of Texarkana's federal building but say they are committed to maintaining an office in downtown Texarkana. More: continued here