In the six months the nation’s first Village Post Office (VPO) in Malone, WA, has been operating, customer traffic has increased and business is thriving. This pioneering VPO, located in Red’s Hop N’ Market, averages about 15 Forever Book stamp sales per month and plans to offer more mailing options such as Prepaid Forever Priority […]
With about 1,200 murals and 200 sculptures in Post Offices nationwide, USPS is the custodian of the largest public art collection owned by any federal agency. The artwork was created from 1934-1943 during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal initiative. With the nation facing 25 percent unemployment in 1933, the New Deal sponsored several art […]
With recent stories about cars crashing into Post Offices– maybe it’s time to bring back “Drive-In Post Offices.” Ohio: Car crashes into Heath post office California: Car Crashes Into Walnut Creek Post Office Houston Drive-In, Texas, 1951 Granville W. Elder, acting postmaster of the Houston, Texas, Post Office, first experimented with a drive-in for customers […]
Press Release issued by the office of Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s (D-Oh) Washington, Jul 14 – Today the House of Representatives unanimously approved Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) legislation to rename the Post Office at 13301 Smith Road in Cleveland, Ohio as the David John Donafee Post Office Building in honor of Mr. Donafee, a public servant […]
“This is the average wait time, across all shops. Shopper begins clock once they enter the queue line and stops when they are called by the clerk to the window.” “The average score for wait time is the percentage of the time the shoppers were served in 5 minutes or less as per our target.” […]
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Investigation issued the following press release: ROANOKE, Virginia., Jan. 21 — A Bristol, Tenn. man who held several people hostage at gun point inside the Whytheville, Va. Post Office on Dec. 23, 2009, was indicted today by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in the United States District […]
U.S. Postal Service Continues Review of Stations and Branches Removing Cost and Maintaining Customer Access Remain Goals WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service announced today that 371 retail stations and branches remain under consideration for possible consolidation. Today’s announcement updates a review process begun earlier this summer that examined approximately 3,600 stations and branches in […]
USPS To Close Yeadon [PA] Post Office in May 2010 Tri County First Area Local President [Mark] Hennessy has written a letter to the Manager of the Yeadon Borough, asking for their support for his campaign to keep the Yeadon Post Office open. Lansdowne Post Office supervisors told the stewards recently that they received a […]