NM senators plead, ‘Wait Mr. Postman’

Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) have asked Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe to reconsider plans to limit operations at some New Mexico post offices. Under a proposal to cut costs, the Postal Service is considering reducing hours, delivering mail via rural carriers or highway contract routes, and merging offices. An earlier…

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PRC Dismisses Complaint on Changes in San Francisco Retail Hours, Chairman Goldway writes dissenting opinion

Before Commissioners: Ruth Y. Goldway, Chairman; Mark Acton, Vice Chairman; and Robert G. Taub Complaint on Changes in Retail Hours Docket No. C2014-1 ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT 1. The Postal Service’s Motion to Dismiss is granted. 2. The Complaint Erratum filed by Douglas F. Carlson on May 8, 2014 is dismissed. By the Commission. Shoshana M….

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Post office changes reach Canterbury, where tiny office a part of town fabric

The Canterbury Post Office is located in a white clapboard building, where it rents space from the town’s country store. A blue mailbox with the U.S. Postal Service logo and a small painted sign hanging from the awning are the only indications it is there. On a recent Thursday morning, only a few residents came…

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Meeting to be held Monday over Midlothian, MD Post Office fate

CUMBERLAND — MIDLOTHIAN — The U.S. Postal Service plans to make a final decision soon on the future of the Midlothian Post Office that will result in the branch reducing operating hours to four hours per day or closing the office completely. A public meeting on the consolidation plan will be held at 3 p.m….

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USPS apologizes for no show status at POSt Plan meeting they set up

(July 22, 2014) WAUSAU – Wausau postal customers recently received a survey form from the U.S. Postal Service recently asking for their input into a process that is currently reviewing the Wausau post office. The results of that survey were to be discussed at a meeting scheduled by the USPS for Thursday, July 17, at…

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East Dixfield, ME Post Office may be closed or its weekly hours reduced

(July 17, 2014) EAST DIXFIELD — Depending on the results of a U.S. Postal Service survey, the service may close its East Dixfield Post Office or reduce the weekly office hours. Those results will be made public by Postal Service officials at the post office at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 22. Even if it remains…

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Postal Service likely to trim hours at Brush Valley, PA office

(July 17, 2014) BRUSH VALLEY — Customers of the Brush Valley Post Office and others voiced their concerns at a Wednesday meeting with the U.S. Postal Service. Jeff Klamut, U.S. Postal Service operations manager, held the 5 p.m. meeting at the Brush Valley Fire Hall to inform the community and answer questions about coming changes…

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