Vacant USPS positions can now be filled after postponement of facilities consolidation By Kalea Hall – November 9, 2015 American Postal Workers Union Local 443 President Jim Varner remains optimistic about the Youngstown mail-processing center operations. The center, located at 99 S. Walnut St., was supposed to close in July, but the closure was postponed…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 17, 2015 The former postmaster of the Gates Mills Post Office was charged today with theft of property used by the U.S. Postal Service, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Monica Weyler, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service —…
By Greta Mittereder – May 5, 2015 YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – The United States Postal Service processing center in downtown Youngstown will remain open, at least for now. It was set to close in July, but that has been delayed and a new closure date has yet to be determined. Postal service officials stress that…
[maxgallery id=”35533″]By Katie Byard – April 16, 2015 The postal service never delivered another reprieve. Hundreds of postal service workers at the mail sorting center in Akron have been hoping for one, though the chances were slim to none. Friday marks the end of the line for the mail processing operations that have been at…
By Katie Byard – February 21, 2015 Wolf Ledges processing facility to close in April as postal service slashes costs, merges operations; affected workers to be transferred The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to close its Akron mail-sorting operation, part of which was moved to Cleveland more than a year…
Whitehall, Ohio (Rob Wells) – A Whitehall woman says she was cleaning up debris that blew into her yard New Year’s Day from a burned out postal facility when she did a double take at what she found. Jackie Gray said debris and rubble from the Whitehall Postal processing plant has been blowing through her neighborhood…
Audit Report – NO-AR-14-009 – 08/28/2014 Background The U.S. Postal Service uses Area Mail Processing (AMP) guidelines to consolidate mail processing functions, eliminate excess capacity, increase efficiency, and better use resources. Consolidations provide opportunities for the Postal Service to operate as a leaner, more efficient organization. This report responds to a congressional request for review…
(July 14, 2014) LIBERTY, OH – The Youngstown Post Office told township neighbors on Arbor Circle Saturday it was stopping their home mail delivery Monday unless they had curbside mailboxes in place by then. Approximately 20 people appealed for help to the township trustees at their Monday meeting. “I talked to the secretary of the post…
