Reader: Valley Falls, Rhode Island residents not happy about USPS closing their post office CUMBERLAND – Derrick Watson, who has emerged as the leader of residents opposed to closing the Valley Falls post office, has filed his formal appeal with the Postal Regulatory Commission. Additionally, he and others plan a rally for this Tuesday, May […]
Today,the National Association Of Postmasters Of The United States (NAPUS), The League Of Postmasters (NLPM), Mark Strong, Robert Rapoza, Retired Postmasters Marilyn Shaw and Marilyn Hill filed a complaint with PRC requesting a temporary hold on USPS post office closings. Postmasters request a ruling that the Postal Service must obtain an advisory opinion from the […]
May 17, 2011 – LEAGUE President Mark Strong testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security. Mark joined the Postmaster Pat Donahoe and five other panelists to give testimony on the financial condition of the post office as well as […]
Contract Postal Units are opening retails units in urban and not rural areas of Kentucky By January it will take two days instead of one to send a letter from far Eastern Kentucky to Lexington, Frankfort and other parts of the state.The U.S. Postal Service will be closing sorting centers in Pikeville and Ashland, routing […]
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE), along with Congressman Lee Terry (R-NE) and Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), sent a letter to the Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service (USPS) urging the agency to keep in mind the impact on local communities when considering the closing or consolidation of a rural mail facility. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today wrote to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe in opposition to a proposed regulation that would give the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) the right to convert post offices into stations or branches of larger post offices at their discretion. Once converted, the USPS would then be able to close […]
On Monday, May 2, the National Association of Postmasters of the U.S. (NAPUS) and the National League of Postmasters (LEAGUE) submitted “Public Comments” to the U.S. Postal Service, opposing proposed regulations that would result in the wholesale closing of Post Offices through the nation. In a joint comment, the two postal management organizations illustrated how […]
The Postal Regulatory Commission submits these comments on the Postal Service’s proposed changes to 39 CFR Part 241, which seek to alter postal regulations “to improve the administration of the Post Office closing and consolidation process” as well as apply “certain procedures employed for the discontinuance of Post Offices to…the discontinuance of other types of […]
Update: Nation’s Postmasters Challenge Proposed Postal Service Regulations- On Thursday, the National Association of Postmasters of the U.S. and the National League of Postmasters filed paperwork with the Postal Regulation Commission that raise serious legal objections to USPS efforts to undercut statutory protections to which communities are entitled during a Post Office discontinuance and a […]
The U.S. Postal Service has decided to close its Dueber Station at 220 Dueber Ave. SW in Canton, Ohio on June 17. But the Postal Service will continue to pay its lease there through September 2015, said John Alden of Geyersville, Calif., owner of the strip center that houses the station. He’s looking for a […]