Post office gets a facelift

A countess gave her backing to a campaign against the closure of a post office with royal connections. Glamis Post Office in Angus is earmarked for closure, and its future is now subject to a six-week consultation. More: continued here

Go to the post office, send a package, pick up some stamps and deposit your paycheck or pay a bill? That’s the newest idea for rescuing the cash-strapped USPS floated in a report published by the U.S.P.S. Office of Inspector General. “One in four U.S. households lives at least partially outside the financial mainstream,” it…

York, PA – The York Post Office’s plans to move from its home at 200 S. George St. in the city presented it with a question: What to do with the two black walnut statues, mounted on marble bases, towering over either side of the office’s entryway? The statues and their bases each weigh More:…

The flat-rate shipping boxes are next to wide jars of pickled pigs feet, just down the counter from the cash register. More: continued here

Mirror.co.uk Post Office warns Travel Money Card customers to avoid ATMs abroad – or face a sky high fee for itMirror.co.ukThe Post Office's travel money card is a prepaid version like the cards described above, you simply sign up (it's free), get your pin and load it up before you fly. This can be in…

Bondurant leaders are likely to approve on May 18 a deal with the United States Postal Service that would keep the city’s post office at its current location for three, five or even 10 more years. More: continued here