Post Office Dreaming: Future Of Our Venerable Postal Service Is In Jeopardy

By Susan Cloke – March 28, 2015 Wonderful mailman and mailwoman stories are the norm in Santa Monica. But post office stories are of long lines, waiting until it’s your turn and then having the person close for an unexplained reason, and counter clerks who often look as if being behind the counter is forced…

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Video: Residents on Clarendon Avenue in Flatbush fed up with mail delivery issues

USPS says it is looking into the current situation with local management. (3/28/15) BROOKLYN – Residents in Flatbush claim they have been jumping through hoops to get their mail delivered. Tenants on Clarendon Avenue say that since February, the post office has not been delivering any of their mail. USPS confirmed in a statement that…

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NPMHU Urges All Members to Support NALC Food Drive – MAY 9, 2015

NALC National Food Drive – May 9, 2015 (March 27, 2015) For more than 20 years, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) has conducted an annual nationwide food drive on the second Saturday in May. Using the unparalleled postal networks, letter carriers collect non-perishable food donations on that day as they deliver mail along…

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Berkeley post office: Judge asks USPS to rescind documents

By Judith Scherr – March 27, 2015 SAN FRANCISCO — The fight to save the historic downtown Berkeley post office has moved from raucous rallies on the post office steps to the hushed 19th-floor courtroom of United States District Court Judge William Alsup. On Thursday morning, the judge considered a motion by the United States…

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