Famous for its ghost town status, Rowley still had until recently an operating counter Post Office, ran from Lucille and Terry Hampton’s house, serving around 14 residents and opened Mondays to Fridays.
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CBC.ca Closing of dedicated Orléans post office angers customersOttawa CitizenA new post office is under construction at Tenth Line and Innes roads, about seven kilometres from the Youville branch. There will be space at the branch …Orleans post office closure a bad trend: unionCBC.caCanadian Union of Postal Workers Proposes Alternative to Save Orleans Post OfficeCanada…
The Bakersfield Californian Congress to vote on naming local post office in Merle's honorThe Bakersfield CalifornianWho says Congress can't work together in bipartisan fashion? It's hard to imagine any dissent when the House votes Tuesday on naming the downtown post office after Merle Haggard, the late country music legend. HR 1988 would "designate the facility…
Washington Post Two months out of office, Barack Obama is having a post-presidency like no otherWashington PostThe first cocktail party at Barack Obama's new office last month was certainly more casual than any he had hosted in recent years. The wine bore a random assortment of labels, as if assembled potluck-style. The self-serve appetizers were…
WRCB-TV Vehicle drives through front of Jasper post officeWRCB-TVA United States Post office in closed Monday due to a vehicle crashing through the post office in Jasper. According to Marion Sheriff Department there were no injuries in the crash with the post office located on Main Street in Jasper. Officials are … More: continued here
Small, rural post offices, threatened with closure, often serve as town hubsPress of Atlantic CityResidents of Cape May Point do not receive rural mail service and must pick up their mail at the post office, which makes the post office a place in the community that residents can see each othere on a regular basis….
Japan doomsday fears prematureAsia Times OnlineThe notion that the Post Office has an investment policy independent of that of the government is pretty hard to swallow – particularly when it is headed …and more » More: continued here