Fall In The Smokies
The Smoky Mountain National Park is breath taking during the fall color season.
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GATLINBURG – IN THE HEART OF THE SMOKIES
Ah-h-h-h, the Smokies and Gatlinburg at night.
We try to visit the Smoky Mountains each fall when the leaves have turned golden and the air is crisp and clean. Without fail we always reserve our accomodations either in downtown Gatlinburg or in one of thousands of cabins for rent surrounding downtown Gatlinburg – either way, we [...]
APWU-Led Consolidation Protests
April 20, 2009
Owners of small businesses, workers, and other concerned citizens continue to speak out at protests and at public meetings staged by the Postal Service to “share initial results” of Area Mail Processing studies.
At one of the noisier of such gatherings, several business owners and public officials in Wilkes-Barre disagreed sharply with the USPS [...]
Letter Carriers’ Annual Food Drive Set for May 9
NALC announced that the nation’s largest food drive to combat hunger will be conducted this year on Saturday, May 9. On that day, letter carriers will collect non-perishable donations from homes as they deliver mail along their postal routes.
The 17th annual NALC National Food Drive to “Stamp Out Hunger” is the largest one-day food drive [...]
Postal carrier charged with stealing gift cards from mail
April 21, 2009
MUNCIE, IN – A contract mail carrier and members of his family have been charged with stealing cash and gift cards from holiday and birthday cards sent through the U.S. Postal Service.
Investigators from the Postal Office of Inspector General sought warrants Monday in Delaware Circuit Court 4 for Robert M. Skeen, 38, his [...]
April 21, 2009 | Posted in Postal News Bytes | Read More »
Mail carrier honored for 63 year service
April 20, 2009
CHAPEL HILL, NC — A Chapel Hill mail carrier has been awarded for more than 60 years of service.
It was 1946 when Rudy Tempesta got out of the military and World War II and started carrying mail for the U.S. Post Office.
“I was driving a tin Lizzy. it’s like a station wagon but [...]
Authorities searching for Jacksonville post office gunman
April 20, 2009
Jacksonville, FL
Federal postal inspectors are hunting for a gunman who attempted to rob a Westside Jacksonville, FL Post Office on Friday, terrorizing employees and a customer with a baby, a police report said.
The attack occurred about 6:15 p.m. at 7055 Blanding Boulevard, 45 minutes before the Post Office closed. The building is about a [...]
Posties Seeing Red Over ‘forced leave’
April 19, 2009
It seems as if the United States Postal Service isn’t the only postal service in the world having vast problems.
Australia Post executives and their 35,000 member workforce are butting heads amid union accusations that the Post, in an effort to tighten their budget during the economic slowdown, is about to force staff to [...]
USPS ELM
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April 18, 2009 | Posted in USPS ELM | Read More »
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April 18, 2009
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