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US Postal Service to cut Saturday letter delivery
kmckinney@jessaminejournal.comWhen it ceases letter delivery on Saturdays in August, the U.S. Postal Service expects about 30,000 jobs nationwide to be affected, according to a local sposkesperson. How many Jessamine County postal workers will be included has been undetermined....Tags: Government Postal Delivery, U.S. Postal Service
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Post offices in Lincoln to reduce retail-window hours
ben@theinteriorjournal.comPost office officials are hearing this week from members of the Waynesburg and McKinney communities about plans to scale back the number of hours their rural post offices are open for business. The United States Postal Service announced in May plans to...Tags: Lobbying, U.S. Postal Service, Politics
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Save our post offices
Dear editor, Contrary to the nonsense we are being fed by the mainstream media, the U.S. Postal Service, even in this depressed economic time, is a profitable business. The real problem that isn’t being mentioned is that the previous Bush...
Tags: UPS Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Postal Service
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Jessamine post offices safe from cuts for now
brossi@jessaminejournal.comNicholasville and Wilmore post offices are safe from the nationwide sweep of cutbacks and closures — at least for now. According to David Walton with United States Postal Service government relations in Louisville, no post office is safe and many...Tags: Government Postal Delivery, U.S. Postal Service, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Losing Saturday mail delivery would affect rural areas most
tkleffman@amnews.comAs the U.S. Postal Service continues to lose money by the bagful, the idea of dropping Saturday mail delivery is gaining momentum again. President Barack Obama endorsed the notion Monday as part of his economic growth and debt reduction plan. Postmaster...Tags: Retirement, Computer Networking and Internet, Career and Workplace, U.S. Postal Service, Barack Obama
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Neither rain nor snow, but maybe bureaucracy
Journal ColumnistEggnog, trees lit with blinking lights, carols by the fireside — all these Christmas traditions will soon unfold with the accompanying festivities. I’m already planning my trip to Wilmore’s Old-Fashioned Christmas, and I’m hoping...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Christmas, Emergency Health Procedures, Holidays, Government Postal Delivery
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High number of dog bites causes Postal Service to consider community mailboxes
areynolds@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A high number of dog bites in three Springfield areas might force the post office to put in community mailboxes. In less than a year, the postmaster says, 15 mail carriers were bitten. Eight of those happened in one neighborhood...Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Problem Solver: Woman moves, but mail doesn't follow
After her husband died in March, Catherine Wirtz's children wanted her closer. So in May, the 77-year-old moved from an assisted living facility in Ottawa, Ill., to a similar facility in Oak Park. To ensure her mail made the move, Wirtz called the...
Tags: Government Postal Delivery, Jon Yates, Rentals, U.S. Postal Service
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Quakertown teachers ink new contract
Teachers in the Quakertown Community School District will see a slight salary bump and pay more toward health care under a new three-year contract. The new contract also includes a pilot program aimed at changing the way teachers are compensated. The...Tags: Wage Contract Issues, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Collective Contract
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What we think: Blame Congress for Postal Service decline
Stephen King would have a hard time coming up with a more horrifying plot for the U.S. Postal Service. Established in the Constitution, the U.S. system of post offices was converted in 1971 into an independent, self-supporting agency that's supposed...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Thomas R. Carper
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Letters: Postal Service deserves a break
Re "Ailing Postal Service may yet fail to deliver," May 28 If the Department of Defense is the only other federal agency that pre-funds future retiree health benefits, it seems only right that the U.S. Postal Service should receive funding from...Tags: U.S. Congress, Bankruptcy, U.S. Postal Service
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Johnny Cash 'Music Icon' postage stamp to be unveiled June 5
The U.S. Postal Service’s new Forever postage stamp honoring Johnny Cash will be unveiled Wednesday at a special ceremony at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville with a gathering of country music stars, including some of the Man in Black&...
Tags: Jewel, Entertainment, U.S. Postal Service, Johnny Cash, Music
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