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150 NM post offices to see shorter hours, including 8 in Grant CountySilver City Sun NewsEight post offices throughout Grant County will have, or already have, shorter window hours. The reduction in hours is expected to affect Hachita, Buckhorn, Cliff, Mule Creek and Hanover. Post offices in Gila, Mimbres and …

Love Stamps? StampShow Comes to Hartford Aug. 21-24HamletHubThis year's StampShow, the American Philatelic Society's largest annual event, will be held in Hartford at the Connecticut Convention Center (100 Columbus Boulevard) from August 21-24. Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday, and … More: continued here

LAS CRUCES >> Nearly 150 post offices in rural communities across New Mexico have or will have their hours trimmed over the next year as the U.S. Post Office seeks to cut its budget. Grant County will be affected by the service-hour reduction. More: continued here

EcommerceBytes (blog) eBay Helps Chinese Sellers Flood Site with Fake Old ThingsEcommerceBytes (blog)So it came as a big surprise to read in the Atlantic that eBay was in effect helping Chinese manufacturers flood its marketplace with fake old things. Adrienne LaFrance, Senior Associate Editor at The Atlantic, said eBay Marketplaces …

Hightower: Far From a Loser, the Post Office Is a Money-Making OperationThe News HeraldOne public service that people really like and count on is the post office— which literally delivers for us. Antigovernment ideologues and privatization dogmatists, however, hate the very word “public,” and they've long sought to demonize the …

Royal Mail expnads 'click and collect' to SMEsTelecompaper (subscription)Royal Mail has announced plans to make its Local Collect 'click and collect' service with Post Offices available to its 20,000 SME contract customers. This will allow SMSs to offer shoppers the option of collection from any of 10,500 Post Office branches. …

Shortage of stamps plagues Goa post officesTimes of IndiaOne of the employees of Goa Dairy who was posting official documents at Panaji post office, while speaking to TOI, said that this problem of shortage of stamps has been continuing for a long time now. "Stamps of 20, 15 and 3 …

Stamp community is in a fight fit for comic books: Jarvis DeBerryThe Times-Picayune – NOLA.comPeople who don't want pop culture celebrities and comic-book characters on our country's postage stamps are fighting against what they call a new disturbing trend with an of animosity that's typically found in, well, comic books. …

A Bike That Stamps Your Message on the Street, and Three Other Open-Source …Truth-OutPierre Paslier is an artist and engineer who created a set of high-tech DIY tools to help activists get their message out. He doesn't identify as an activist himself—but through his experiences creating Banksy-inspired street art and …

Senators worried about reduced post office hoursKRQE News 13LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico's U.S. senators are expressing concern about the Postal Service's plans to reduce hours at thousands of postal facilities across the United States, including nearly 150 in New Mexico. Hours are already being reduced …and more » More: …