After More Than 100 years Historic New Jersey Post Office Set To Close

Emergency Suspension of Johnsonburg Post Office In Frelinghuysen Township After more than 100 years at its present location, the historic Johnsonburg Post Office is set to close its doors in mid-March. A meeting has been scheduled with the United States Postal Service with regard to the closing of the Johnsonburg Post Office on Friday, March […]

Post Office Closings From Across The Nation

The U.S. Postal Service will begin the process of closing as many as 2,000 postal offices in March and will review 16,000 more — half of all existing post offices — that are losing money. Based on federal requirements, the majority of post offices closing more than likely will be money-losing post offices, post offices […]

Opinion: Will Post Office Closures Drive More Senior Citizens To Facebook?

 Seniors Also Enjoy Technology As An Option The United States Post Office is the second oldest department in the United States of America. It was created on July 26,1775 when the Second Continental Congress declared, “… THAT A POSTMASTER GENERAL BE APPOINTED FOR THE UNITED STATES, WHO SHALL HOLD HIS OFFICE AT PHILADELPHIA, AND SHALL […]

Port Wentworth (GA) to fight post office closing

 Postal Service officials say the location did not generate enough revenue to pay its bills Port Wentworth Mayor Glenn “Pig” Jones says his city’s post office won’t close without a fight. Jones said Thursday he is angry that postal officials did not contact him sooner about the planned closing. He said he received a letter […]

’60 Minutes’ To Feature Story On Closure Of Post Office In Mansfield, Ohio

’60 Minutes’ visits Mansfield post office – Show drawn to city to tell story of Lincoln branch’s closing The Emmy-award winning show “60 Minutes” spent Thursday and Friday at sites throughout Richland County, including five Mansfield post offices and AngelWoods Hideaway Bed and Breakfast, in Lucas. “We’re doing a story about the U.S. Postal Service, […]

APWU Denounces Post Office Closure Plans

The union is “deeply disappointed” by the Postal Service’s announcement — via the Wall Street Journal — that it plans to close as many as 2,000 post offices beginning in March, APWU President Cliff Guffey said Monday. The Postal Service did not specify the locations under consideration for closure, but said it is currently looking […]