FLORENCE, SC (WMBF) – The Florence mail processing and distribution facility now has three more months before it’s scheduled to be completely relocated to Columbia. Political pressure from Congress has caused the United States Postal Service to delay the consolidation of a total of 82 processing facilities from January 15, to April 18, according to […]
Dial ‘S’ for scam Postal worker prevents woman from getting ripped off USPS News Link – 2/2/15 Postal Inspector Wendy Boles Photo:WATE When Jeanny Davenport went to the Crossville, TN, Post Office to mail a smartphone to a buyer in Nigeria, she didn’t suspect it was a scam. “The [retail associate] alerted me to it,” Davenport […]
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SECURITY-WIDEFIELD, CO – A mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service also delivered life-saving help to an elderly man who was hurt after a fall. The mailman, William Searuggs, said the incident happened Jan. 14 at the home of Max Patterson, 86, on Ely Street in Security-Widefield. Searuggs said he first noticed blood in several […]
Dizzy from her medication, Barbara O’Banion took a horrible tumble last summer, falling face-first onto a concrete step. The impact broke the Tulsan’s nose and cracked her cheekbones. “I was just sitting there bleeding to death,” she said. “I lost about 3 pints. It was pouring.” The first person to tend to her was a […]
NYACK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Residents in a Rockland County town say they have a postal problem. As CBS2’s Meg Baker reported, if you’re going to send a package to Nyack, send it sooner rather than later. Residents say they have been having a snail mail problem. Imagine, it’s your birthday, you are waiting patiently for […]
Corporate Communications Johnson appointed acting vice president USPS – 1/29/15 Acting Corporate Communications VP Elizabeth Johnson Elizabeth Johnson has been named acting vice president, Corporate Communications. She will lead efforts to help the Postal Service communicate about important activities internally and externally. Johnson succeeds Mitzi Betman, who retired as vice president, Corporate Communications, and chief of staff Jan. […]
APWU – 01/29/2015 The “onion” stamp created and tweeted by the Postal Service. Apparently, the reduction in first-class mail volume is hilarious to USPS management. Last week, The Onion, a satirical news site, published an article about a new line of commemorative stamps honoring “Americans who still use the US Postal Service,” mocking those who “still” send birthday […]
As you know, it can be risky to put something fragile in the mail, but what about something that can rot? An East Bay man with fruit trees in his yard often mails produce to relatives, but one shipment didn’t quite make it. This case is a little unusual because it provides a good lesson […]
WORCESTER, Mass. (WHDH) – Standing waist deep in snow Jason Avant was clearing a path so his mailman can reach him, a task he knows firsthand is important. “I deliver mail in West Boylston,” he said. And today, he has the time to do it. “Got the snow day off,” he said. “I kind of […]