New mailbox-marking program to keep an eye on seniors in Marion

(November 2, 2014) MARION — The Marion Council on Aging and the Rochester Post Office have begun a program that will serve as a well-being check on elderly residents of the town. Soon the mailboxes of senior citizens who request it will be marked to allow postal carriers to determine that the resident is elderly…

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APWU e-Team Report, Nov. 3, 2014 – One Word: VOTE

As Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4 draws near, APWU President Mark Dimondstein, the APWU National Executive Board, and all National Officers have one simple message for APWU members: exercise your right to vote. The Postal Service is dead set on slowing down the mail and dismantling America’s postal infrastructure and Congress has the power to…

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Tester statement on GAO Postal Service report

(BIG SANDY, Mont.) – Senator Jon Tester today – October 28, 2014, released the following statement after the Government Accountability Office released its report on the effects of the U.S. Postal Service’s changes to mail delivery standards: “Reducing mail delivery standards reduces Americans’ faith in the Postal Service and jeopardizes the Service’s future. This report shows…

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