Editorial from 42 years ago: Postal Service should modernize

Posted on January 12, 2015January 12, 2015 by 21cpw

In a pre-Internet era, the Editorial Board hoped technology would help cut post office costs. Each Monday, we turn to a day in the newspaper’s history for a look at what the Editorial Board found worthy of comment. We will preserve the punctuation and capitalization of the original editorial column. Below is an editorial from…

Pittsburgh Mail Problems Persist, Some Ends Up In Garbage

Posted on May 13, 2014May 13, 2014 by 21cpw

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — One day recently, Al Gameos got mail in Wilkinsburg, but none of it was his. “I got three different pieces of mail from three different streets,” he said. On the Northside, Paul Pongrace says mixed up mail has forced people to become carriers themselves. “People in the area are walking from one…