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President Obama signed legislation Tuesday renaming the Yountville Veterans Home Post Office the “Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building,” said Congressman Mike Thompson who had sponsored the name change. More: continued here

PD fileSgt. Michael McClaren KashkoushCHAGRIN FALLS — The Chagrin Falls post office will be named for Sgt. Michael McClaren Kashkoush, a Chagrin Falls native killed in Iraq in January 2007. The post office building will be dedicated as the Sgt…. More: continued here

Post Office employee contracts TBVictoria AdvocateThe U.S. Postal Service is monitoring the situation and following the state health department's advice and protocol, said spokesman Sam Bolen. The Postal Service was informed by the state that an employee at the James Moody Station Post Office, 2804 …and more » More: continued here

MAHANOY PLANE – Village residents should have their mail delivered in the near future after more than a year without their post office. Frackville Postmaster David Gricoski attended the Gilberton Borough Council meeting Dec. 20, at the request of Mayor M More: continued here

All post offices in the greater Boston district, including Allston, Brookline Village, East Cambridge, Harvard Square, Needham, Newton Center, Newtonville, North Waltham, Porter Square, Somerville, Watertown and West Newton, will be open on Saturday, July 3, but many will shorten retail lobby hours and close at noon. Regular mail delivery and collection times for July…

Allentown Morning Call The history of Allentown's post officeAllentown Morning CallThe Morning Call noted that normally the government sent a lower-level official to post office dedications. The newspaper suggested that Farley's presence symbolized the importance of the Allentown post office to the Roosevelt administration. Although … More: continued here