SE Virginia Local Postal Workers President Sentenced

(September 4, 2014) On August 4, Eric Barnett, former president of American Postal Workers Union Local 171, was sentenced in the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, to four years of probation for embezzling funds from the Portsmouth union. He also was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $10,212. Barnett had…

 Continue reading

Real Post Office AND Village Post Office in same store?

It appears that there is both an independent post office AND village post office located within the general store. The VPO is opened when the independent post office hours are cut. Photo taken by Jimmy Emerson on May 25, 2014 via Sandy Hook VA 23153 | Flickr – Photo Sharing!

 Continue reading

Postal Service plans to cut mail processing at Church Street station next year

Postal Service plans to cut Norfolk mail processing The U.S. Postal Service plans to eliminate all mail processing at the Church Street station next year, an official said Wednesday. The retail counter, however, will remain open, spokeswoman Freda Sauter wrote in an email. In 2011, the Postal Service announced that it wanted to move all…

 Continue reading