U.S. Post Office Department Motor Vehicle Service (MVS) cap badge, number 6000, with vertical hinged pin and safety clasp on verso. Spread eagle surmounts circular medallion with upper portion marked “U.S. MAIL.” Medallion bears U.S. Capitol and hooded truck at center, surrounded by “POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE.” Numerical figures inscribed on skirt. In…
The Philadelphia postmaster has instituted a program for Window Clerks using “lag time” sheets. Clerks are required to record every window transaction with more than 2 minutes lag. Is this something being used in other places? Did the national union negotiate this program? It seems to be enforced more stringently in “premier stations.”
(October 19, 2014) On 149th street in the Bronx, students wearing Beats headphones wait for the bus, mothers trickle out of fast food restaurants; food in one hand, strollers in the other, and at the T-Mobile store on the corner customers flock to buy the latest smartphone. But across the street, the historic Bronx General…
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is proposing the relocation of Marina Del Rey Branch Post Office, 4766 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey CA 90292, to a new location that has not yet been determined. The Marina Del Rey Branch is a leased facility and USPS has been notified that the lease will not be renewed….
FORSYTH COUNTY — Thanks to a new federal guideline, residents of future subdivisions in Forsyth County may have to walk a little farther to check their mail. “What we’re hearing from the United States Postal Service is that for new development they’re going to require what they call cluster box units,” said Tom Brown, the…
