NALC Heroes Unit Citation Award: Cristy Perfetti and Steve Plunkett, Peoria, IL Branch 31 Peoria, IL Branch 31 letter carrier Cristy Perfetti, who has carried mail for 22 years, was returning from her route one day in May of 2013. As she parked her truck at the post office loading dock, she saw a disturbing […]
The California Bay Valley area remains in recovery phase following a 6.1 earthquake that hit the area Aug 23. The Postal Service is committed to ensuring that delivery and retail service remain intact. Retail and PO Box customers will continue to be served at the Napa Main Post Office, 1625 Trancas Street, Napa, CA 94558. […]
Even more reasons to use USPS Pickup Services You pick the product. We’ll pick up the package. The Postal Service on Sept. 7, 2014, will expand the range of products eligible for free Package Pickup, which enables customers to request that USPS carriers pick up shipments during regular delivery when the request is made by […]
A Vietnam vet hurt his leg in a helicopter crash while in combat. The injury has stayed with him decades later, and qualifies him for handicapped parking. Wednesday, Bobby Crees was trying to get to a chiropractor appointment. When he got to the strip mall at Stetson Hills and Powers in Colorado Springs, someone had […]
Walking outside your house to get the mail at the curb may soon become a thing of the past. In a memo sent to the Greenville City Council, the US Postmaster reports that developers will no longer be able to choose between curb line and cluster box delivery. In April 2012, the Postal Service changed […]
A Brockport, NY volunteer Fire Department lieutenant is charged with theft of stolen mail, mail fraud, theft of public money, forgery of endorsement of treasury checks ROCHESTER, N.Y.—(August 25, 2014) U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Steven Ray, 48, of Brockport, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with mail fraud, […]
Portland Communities and Postal Workers United Our President Jim Falvey made it into the Big O (Oregonian, the newpaper of record in Oregon). He called the editor and argued for an “In Response” opportunity and got it. This exchange started with a series of articles on the visit of the Deputy PMG, our protest and […]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Letter carriers who emptied burning buildings, rescued a boy from a predator, saved a heart attack victim or brightened holidays will be honored Sept. 10. Connecticut letter carrier Jermaine Shirley, who smelled smoke in an apartment building one morning, alerted residents and caught two young children thrown from a […]
More than 100 Drug Deals Made By On-Duty Mail Carrier Beckley, W.Va. – United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Greenbrier County man was sentenced in federal court in Beckley for using a telephone to facilitate the sale of illegal drugs. Jack Edwin McCoy, 30, of White Sulfphur Springs, West Virginia was sentenced […]
“A Fresno woman claims her food donation was ripped off Saturday. A U.S. postal worker was supposed to pick up the groceries as part of the nation’s Stamp out Hunger campaign. Instead, someone in a random vehicle reportedly took the bag of food. Stamp out Hunger is the largest one-day food drive in the country […]