(September 16, 2014) LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Lexington’s newest Village post office is open for business. On Tuday, the Kentuckiana districit of the US Postal Service welcomed the newest office on Leestown Road. The VPO is located at the Meadowthorpe Antique Mall. The Postal Service unveiled the VPO concept in 2011 in response to changing…
The concept started three years ago and is now catching on in Southern Virginia. (August 26, 2014) HALIFAX CO., Va. – The Back Porch Store and Grill is in Rural Halifax County, a few miles away from South Boston and the only place to grab a sandwich, gas, and see your neighbor on this side…
A Village Post Office (VPO) recently opened in an insurance agency in Salinas, CA, becoming one of the nation’s first VPOs to primarily serve Hispanic customers. Amezcua Insurance Services, a family-owned business with four branches, has served the area for more than 40 years. Its customer base is approximately 95 percent Hispanic. VPOs — which…
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!
San Diego District has opened 36 Village Post Offices (VPOs) during the past three years, winning an ambitious challenge within the Pacific Area. VPOs — which allow convenience stores, libraries and other community organizations to sell postal products — are part of a broader USPS initiative to strengthen customer service. Soon after the program began…
Vicco, Ky. (WYMT)– The eagle representing the United States Postal Service has landed at a Vicco liquor store. “Post offices close kind of early in the day, actually so we’d be able to sell stamps,” said Sharon Taylor, manager at Kwik Six Liquor. In addition to stamps, the village post office also ships flat-rate boxes….
The grand opening of the nation’s 700th Village Post Office, which gives Humboldt County residents more access to common postal products and services, is Monday. A Village Post Office is now in Scrapper’s Edge in Eureka at 728 Fourth St. and owner Sondra Kirtley said it gives residents who are pressed for time another location…
LIVERMORE FALLS — U.S. Postal Service officials opened its first village post office in Maine on Wednesday morning at Pike’s Corner Oasis on Park Street, also known as Route 133. The Postal Service announced in 2011 that it would be reducing hours or closing hours at post offices around the country to run more efficiently…
