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Post office to celebrate 150thRecord-Searchlight (subscription), CA –3 minutes ago"You get a crowd of people, and they're always visiting," said Lucinda Sturdevant, postmaster at the Happy Camp Post Office. Those who come today should … More: continued here

Changes in store for Long Island's smallest post officeRiverhead News ReviewThe four choices on the survey included keeping the post office open but for limited hours (six hours a day instead of the current eight) and reducing the employee number from two to one; closing the post office and instead starting delivery service …and more »…

Gainesville Daily Register Oakland post office: Kids' letters to Santa offer yearly glimpse of human …Contra Costa TimesOnce upon a time, letters like these ended up in the U.S. Postal Service's dead letter office. But for the past 29 years they have gone instead to the consumer affairs department at the main Oakland post office…

Taft Post Office Employees Yvonne Morgan, Loretta Yaws, Lupe Brewer, Christina Sanchez, Karen Hughes, Bobby Krier, Paul Olivarez, Tom Maxwell, David Velasquez, Manuel Martinez, Shelly Mizener, Kathy Anaya. More: continued here

McSpadden Post Office dedication photosEnid News & Eagle, OK –8 minutes agoCongressman Dan Boren, author of the legislation to rename the Chelsea Post Office in honor of McSpadden, likened him as a “positive role model,” unlike any … More: continued here

US Thrifts Post Record $13.4 Billion Loss in 2008BloombergThrifts lost $3 billion in the fourth quarter, down from $4.4 billion in the preceding three months, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the regulator of savings and loans, said today in a report on the industry’s health. …Thrifts lost $3B in 4Q; post record annual lossThe Associated…