The U.S. Postal Service has long proclaimed that “neither snow, nor sleet nor dark of night” would stay its carriers from their appointed rounds. And, in a phenomenally inane 1997 movie, “The Postman,” actor/director Kevin Costner even painted the mailman as the lynchpin of civilization.
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Post Office offers later hours for tax dayCharlotte ObserverA few post offices will keep later hours Monday for late tax filers, but not as late as in years past as more and more returns are filed online. Charlotte's Downtown Post Office, at 201 N. McDowell St., will be open until 7 p.m., and the USPS…
The Portland Phoenix Postmaster General: Post Office In Midst Of Financial DisasterCBS LocalDonahoe told a Senate committee Thursday that “the Postal Service as it exists today is financially unsustainable.” He's asking Congress to let the Postal Service end Saturday mail delivery and reduce its annual payments for future retiree health benefits.Post Office holds online yard…
New York Daily News Hazmat situation reported at post office outside Trenton, NJNew York Daily NewsA hazmat team has responded to a Trenton-area post office after reports of mail carriers falling sick Friday morning. Photos from the Hamilton Township, N.J. scene show workers in protective gear examining a United States Postal Service truck parked …Possible…
Postal Service reports $5.2B loss in 3rd quarter6abc.comThe post office has been struggling with a sharp decline in mail volume as people and businesses switch to e-mail both for personal contact and bill paying. The agency is facing a nearly $7 billion potential loss this fiscal year, despite a 2-cent … More: continued here
TAUNTON Post Office, in North Street, is closing temporarily from today so that work can be carried out on the building. More: continued here
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette No extended post office hours for last-minute income tax filers …Pittsburgh Post-GazetteIf you're the type — like millions of other Americans — who likes to wait until the last minute to drop their income tax return in the mail, keep in mind that post …Post office: Mail your tax returns by 6 p.m. Tuesday…