The Postal Service is adding a larger flat-rate Priority Mail box and a charge for Sunday and holiday delivery, the first changes it has made under a law approved last year governing mail operations. Previously such changes would have to be announced and go through a lengthy hearing process before going into effect. The new law smoothed the process. The post office said Thursday the changes will …
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BBC News Gang escapes with €550000 from Louth post officeIrish TimesMINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter has asked the Garda to investigate whether An Post followed agreed security protocols during the robbery yesterday of €550000 from a Co Louth post office. The money was taken from Drogheda Post Office after a …Family abducted in Drogheda post…
ELDERLY residents are putting themselves at risk in traffic to get to their local post office. More: continued here
Sky News Australia Australia Post fraudsters jailedSky News AustraliaGregory William Keefe, 54, and Ross David Simpson, 56, were found guilty by a Victorian County Court jury in July of conspiring to cause risk of loss to Australia Post and the Australian Taxation Office. From 2004 to 2008, the pair carried out …Pair jailed for multimillion-dollar…
Messenger Index Post Office holds 25th food driveMessenger IndexRetired Post Office carrier Rue Frisbee with current carriers Mike Carroll and Jesse Frisbee talking about the Stamp Out Hunger food drive May 13. Together the trio represent 81 years of mail delivery experience in Gem County. See what they looked like …and more » More: continued here
SALISBURY—The “declassification” of the Lakeville Post Office is being appealed by noted artist Etienne Delessert and his wife, graphic designer Rita Marshall, amid their growing concern that declassification really means closing. More: continued here
Clanton Post Office to require appointments for passportsClanton AdvertiserBy Stephen Dawkins Published 3:14pm Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Before, the post office would simply issue passports as part of its normal workload but found the process was slowing down lines. “It gets us in a bind, especially if we're shorthanded,” … More: continued here