Door Slamming on Home Mail Delivery?

In the neighborhoods of tomorrow, door-to-door mail delivery will be a thing of the past. If U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) gets his way, door-to-door delivery will be gone within a decade for 15 million addresses. Issa estimates $2 billion in savings from the bill approved on Wednesday by the House Committee on Oversight and…

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Boat Jumping: A Unique Way To Deliver Mail (video)

LAKE GENEVA – Delivering mail by boat – that’s not typically part of the postal service creed. More than a dozen students compete for summer jobs. So, what are they doing? They’re jumping off a boat to deliver mail. Eyewitness News Reporter Kevin King has the story. Each candidate is based on a 150% point…

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Edmonton: Planning underway for mail delivery conversion

While the door has been slammed on door-to-door mail service, questions on what comes next continue to linger. The first phase of mail delivery conversion from door-to-door to community mailboxes begins in the fall with 11 communities across the country, none of which are in Edmonton. But Ward 8 city councillor Ben Henderson remains concerned…

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Locust Gap, PA will get cluster mail boxes

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LOCUST GAP – Cluster boxes will be used for mail delivery in this small village in Mount Carmel Township. Robert Varano, manager of operations programs for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), told The News-Item Friday the decision has been made to install cluster box units (CBUs) for mail delivery. “After meeting with the township officials…

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