Six Village Post Offices (VPOs) recently opened on three different islands across Hawaii. The new VPOs, a pair each on Maui, Oahu and Hawaii Island, bring Honolulu District to a total of seven VPOs. Keoki Torres, owner of KTâs Auto Repair and VPO in Hawaii Kai, Oahu, said opening the VPO has generated positive awareness…
(July 27, 2014) Richmond District has achieved quite a feat â it has the highest number of Village Post Offices (VPOs) in the Capital Metro Area and 21 of the 685 VPOs the Postal Service has opened across the nation. Richmond District has achieved quite a feat â it has the highest number of  Village…
The Renfro Valley, KY, Village Post Office (VPO) set a record when it opened last month, just days after negotiations for the new location got underway. It began when Kentuckiana District Village Post Office Coordinator Nick Walker learned the Renfro Valley Post Office was closing, which would have left the historic town with no postal…
The Postal Service is always on the move, and so are other posts around the world. The United Kingdom Post Office recently deployed a fleet of 40 new âmobile post officesâ to serve rural customers in 250 locations. The vans will provide letter and parcel postage, bill payment and personal banking services, including cash withdrawals….
Hawaii recently said aloha to its first Village Post Office (VPO), which opened in a variety store in Haiku, a community on Maui. The VPO is part of Hanzawaâs Variety Store, which opened in 1915. âThe Haiku Post Office serves such a large area that some of our customers must make a long drive,â said…
The nationâs first mobile Village Post Office (VPO) recently rolled into Dallas District. The âVPO on wheelsâ is part of the Hummingbird Market, owned by Pam Slate, the widow of a Marine Corps veteran. The market sells food grown by veterans who participate in a farm cooperative, as well as gifts made by veterans. Originally,…
Andy Jackson dispenses scoops of chocolate, vanilla and butter pecan ice cream along with stamps and mailing envelopes. The sign outside the store on Cedar Creek Road sums up the business nicely: “U.S. Post Office Hand-Made Ice Cream.” Of course, that makes no mention of the knickknacks that Jackson also sells. Jackson, 57, has owned…
A Village Post Office (VPO) in Cottonwood, CA, made news last week when it sold a winning lottery ticket worth $1.3 million. Gas Point Market, which became a VPO last year, sold the $2 scratch-off ticket May 27. The winner came forward the next day, placing the store in the news. Its postal sign and…
