Senators’ plea to delay postal closings ignored

(January 1, 2015) WASHINGTON — The Postal Service plans to begin a new round of plant closings and consolidations next week that will affect dozens of mail-processing centers, despite calls from the Senate to postpone the changes. Last month, 30 senators, all but one of them Democrats, issued a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe…

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Special deliveries: Rural letter carrier writes book of experiences

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor a bear or other crazy experiences has kept Jesse Lee Hatfield from delivering the mail — they just motivated him to write a book. “I love being a rural mail carrier,” Hatfield said. The 55-year-old lives in Conway, but he has delivered mail for 23 years for the Greenbrier Post…

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Sisters and Brothers: Please adapt this press release to your local circumstances and send it out to local media

For Immediate Release 15/1/15 – Contact: (xxxxx name, phone number, email) On January 5, 2015 Overnight Delivery of First Class Mail will end throughout the country: unless there is Congressional action, a ruling by the Postal Board of Governors, or PMG action to postpone the changes. xxxxxxxx Postal Mail Processing Center is slated for closure on…

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Postal Service must come clean on costs

By Don Soifer – December 31, 2014 Early in 2015, the U.S. Postal Service will welcome a new chief executive — Megan Brennan, the first female postmaster general in the agency’s 200-plus-year history. She’ll have her work cut out for her. The agency, thanks to its badly broken business model, is losing money at a…

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Postmaster General to Speak at National Press Club in Washington DC on January 6

As Retirement Approaches, Patrick Donahoe Reflects on Career and Current Postal Issues WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — What:   The National Press Club Newsmakers Speech Who:     Postmaster General & CEO Patrick R. Donahoe When:  Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015 / 10 a.m. ET Where: The National Press Club Murrow Room 529 14th St. NW, 13th…

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