post office closings

Apr 25th

USPS Cancels Public Meeting To Discuss Possible Closure Of Leverett, MA Post Office

Postal Session on Leverett Post Office Cancelled  – Study moves in ‘different direction,’ say officials The Postal Service’s Connecticut Valley District Office, with administrative oversight for post offices in portions of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut,, issued the following statement today announcing that an informational session scheduled for this week to discuss the status of […]

Apr 13th

Is UPS Starting A Trend By Opening Stores in Areas Where Post Offices Were Closed?

The Postal Service is closing post offices across the nation in an effort to save money. But it seems a trend is starting by UPS Inc to open up stores in places where USPS is shutting down. If UPS opens stores in areas where the Postal Service has shut down–USPS could possibly lose many of […]

Apr 4th

Two Miami Post Offices to Close on June 3

Pembroke Pines FL — Today the South Florida District of the U.S. Postal Service announces that the Edison Center Finance Unit, 760 NW 62 Street, Miami, and the Miami International Airport Finance Unit, airport terminal fourth floor, Miami, permanently will close on Friday, June 3, 2011. As a self-supporting government enterprise, the Postal Service receives […]

Apr 1st

NAPUS and League Leaders Commit to Joint Effort to Protect Post Offices

NAPUS and League Leaders Meet to Coordinate Strategies to Protect Post Offices Today, NAPUS and League leaders and their legislative staffs met to coordinate strategies to challenge the Postal Service’s proposed regulatory changes, which if implemented, would result in countless communities being denied their rights to protect post offices in rural areas. The Postal Service’s […]

Apr 1st

Postmasters: USPS Trying To Bypass Law On Post Office Closings

The LEAGUE is concerned that the Postal Service is trying through regulation to accomplish what it has not been able to accomplish through legislation. They are trying to get the unfettered ability to close as many small rural Post Offices as it wants without taking in to account all the reasons they are there, to […]

Mar 30th

NAPUS Responds To USPS Proposed Changes To Post Office Closing Process

NAPUS Communicating with Congress, and Meeting with Postal Regulators on USPS Proposed Changes to Post Office Closing and Consolidation Process NAPUS President Bob Rapoza and Director of Government Relations Bob Levi are talking with key Members of Congress and postal regulators concerning the Postal Service’s plans to amend postal regulations to streamline the Post Office […]

Mar 28th

USPS Proposed Rule To Amend Regulations for Post Office Closing-Consolidating Process

The following is USPS Proposed Rule To Amend Regulations for Closing/Consolidating Post Offices scheduled to be published in Federal Register March 31, 2011. A few highlights: This proposed rule would amend postal regulations to improve the administration of the Post Office closing and consolidation process. In addition, certain procedures employed for the discontinuance of Post […]

Mar 18th

Senator Gives USPS a Failing Grade in Keeping Communities Informed About Post Office Closures

The following is a press release from Senator Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas) WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator Mark Pryor today gave the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) a failing grade for its efforts to keep communities informed about potential post office closures. The USPS currently has an operating deficit of over $8 billion and may be […]

Mar 14th

City Official Sounds Off on USPS Closing Post Office in Seagoville, Texas

The following is a response to PostalReporter.com by Seagoville, TX city official Harry Magill regarding the closure of Seagoville, TX. Post Office on April 8, 2011. We have tried since October of 2010 to get a postal manager/director to have a meeting with city officials to no avail. We have called daily, sent letters, sent […]

Feb 28th

Editorial: Not all post offices should pay their way

In an editorial by the Concord (New Hampshire) Monitor they wrote: The postal service has since the 1980s operated as an “independent establishment of the executive branch” and, as such, is expected to be self-supporting. For the most part, it is. But in exchange for its monopoly on first and third-class mail, it is charged […]