1896 building is a downtown landmark MANKATO — The Postal Service is planning on selling its historic downtown Mankato building and moving its retail operations elsewhere in the city. In a letter to Mayor Eric Anderson, the Postal Service explained the move, saying that it’s “facing the most critical period in its history.” “In the…
REDLANDS >> While the city and its residents await news on the possible closure of the historic Brookside Avenue Post Office, so are local postal officials. Rumors around town have been swirling that the post office was off the “sale list,” but nothing has yet to be decided. “The status of the office hasn’t changed,”…
CORTEZ – A few times a week 88-year-old Mary Green hops in her 2005 Honda and drives three blocks to the post office. She has to. There is no mail delivery to her home. In fact, no one in the historic fishing village of Cortez — population of roughly 4,000 — receives home mail delivery or…
Officials deliver ruling on appeal of Feb. 5 relocation decision The U.S. Postal Service has finalized its decision to close and sell its main post office building at 424 S. Kansas Ave. in downtown Topeka. Tom Samra, the postal service’s vice president for facilities, this week sent Mayor Larry Wolgast a letter informing him the…
The U.S. Postal Service’s bizarre decision to sell beloved old buildings to raise quick cash has created angst across the country, writes syndicated columnist Froma Harrop. VENICE, Calif. — This beach community is L.A.’s latest magnet for hip, cool and gentrification. Modest cottages currently sell for an immodest $2 million, even as homeless people, sprawled…
