The U.S. Postal Service has issued an order that it will close 2,000 of its 32,000 post offices across the country. That could mean some closures here in Maine, including the town of York, which has a population of 14,000 and four post offices.
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PETERSBURG, Fla., June 3 (UPI) — Officials in a Virginia city said the federal post office was one of more than 70 properties cited for overgrown grass this year. More: continued here
By Lauren Swanon Newton Kansan “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night” interferes with the routes of U.S. Postal Service carriers, as the creed goes. Nor does time, it seems. More: continued here
Palm Beach Post NEW: Florida man's wish to buy post office ends in trespassing arrestPalm Beach PostReiza Ishmael told deputies checking on his welfare on Aug. 12 that he was waiting on a contract to buy the post office building, off Federal Highway near Medalist Golf Club. His business transaction was cut short when deputies…
McCausland fighting for post office againcbs4qc.comIts post office may close down, again. After fighting for it for six years, McCausland, IA, opened its brand new post office in 2009. So when their name appeared on the list of possible post office closures this year, they couldn't believe it. …McCausland post office fighting to keep itself…
The Post-Standard – Syracuse.com North Syracuse post office could pick up more workThe Post-Standard – Syracuse.com, NYby The Post-Standard Jim Commentucci / The Post-Standard, 2004US Postal Service employee Gary Gove sorts mail as a hopper of cards and letters moves by on a conveyor at the post office on Taft Road in North Syracuse. Good news…
The Star Behind Post Office FacesThe StarOrganiser Laurie Harvey said: “In its heyday in the 1930s, every letter sent to a Sheffield postcode would come to the head post office to be sorted. It was also the place where telegrams were delivered during the two world wars and beyond. In its … More: continued here