Selma collectibles Commemorative envelopes, other merchandise available USPS news – 3/10/15 The Selma commemorative envelopes are available for purchase. Alabama District is selling envelopes to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march for civil rights. DPMG Ron Stroman recently unveiled the envelope, which Alabama District General Clerk Marvin Owens designed. It features an image from […]
USPS Heroes’ corner MD employee alerts apartment residents to fire via USPS News Link – 3/9/15 Thurmont, MD, Retail Associate Deonna O’Neill Thurmont, MD, Retail Associate Deonna O’Neill sprang into action when she spotted an apartment fire near the Post Office where she works. O’Neill was receiving an early morning shipment of packages when she […]
TULSA, Okla. – For more than 36 years, U.S. Post Office Letter Carrier Dean Pingry has been delivering mail in snow, sleet, rain, heat and just about anything else nature can throw his way. “There’s one thousand 79 deliveries on my route,” said Pingry. During the cold months, pingry said it’s all about layering up […]
OZONE PARK, Queens (PIX11) – For almost four months, postal carriers have been passing by 97-05 103rd Ave., an apartment building in Ozone Park, Queens, without making any attempt to deliver the mail. The tenants have been forced to go to the local post office, 10 blocks aways, to pick up their mail. Why? – […]
Fuel intentions New delivery vehicles will be more efficient, CSO says USPS – 3/3/15 USPS plans to replace approximately 180,000 delivery vehicles with models that offer more fuel-efficient features. The Postal Service’s next generation delivery vehicles will offer more sustainable and fuel-efficient features, Chief Sustainability Officer Tom Day told the Planning Report trade publication recently. “Vehicles are obviously one of […]
Boosting business USPS to provide exporting workshops in rural areas USPS – 3/2/15 USPS will help rural businesses boost exports using Priority Mail International and other products. The Postal Service will offer “Grow Your Business Day” workshops through a federal initiative that aims to boost the number of exports from rural businesses. The free seminars will […]
Delivering hope North Carolina carrier assists homeless veterans From USPS – 3/2/15 Kernersville, NC, Letter Carrier Linwood Thompson on his route. When Kernersville, NC, Letter Carrier Linwood Thompson isn’t delivering mail, he’s delivering hope to homeless veterans. Last year, the Army vet and his brother founded VA Sidelines, a nonprofit organization that helps homeless veterans. “As […]
Matter of facts USPS releases 2015 Postal Facts USPS News – 2/27/15 USPS added more than 970,000 delivery points in 2014, one of the stats in this year’s Postal Facts. Did you know the Postal Service processes an average 5,900 mailpieces every second? Or that USPS, if it were a private company, would rank 43rd on […]
ROANOKE, Va. – American Postal Workers Union President Carlton Cooper has had April 18th circled on his calendar for a while. Back in August, he told WDBJ7 that was the date the USPS had planned to consolidate its mail distribution facilities into Greensboro, North Carolina. The hope all along was that Congress would intervene before […]
KANSAS CITY — Homes in one South Kansas City neighborhood have not been receiving mail for about three weeks because of one neighbor’s dog. Delivery to the area had been suspended after a dog attacked the letter carrier on two separate occasions. More