12.15.14 AKRON –It was the dying wish of 81-year-old Catherine Stermock of Akron that she be cremated and that her remains be buried in Pennsylvania next to her mother, father and sister. Her daughter, Kimberly Phillips, told Fox 8, “she’s missed her family, my mom has always been about family, grandchildren, her kids, she’s always […]
USPS transferring letter carriers to work routes out of offices in nearby cities 12.14.14 New Jersey – Mountain Lakes and six other municipalities in New Jersey will have postal carrier-route coverage transferred to offices in neighboring towns as the U.S. Postal Service consolidates operations. The transfers of seven Mountain Lakes letter-carriers to work out of […]
New policy has USPS customers seeing red NORWAY — Some United States Postal Service customers in Paris and Norway are wondering if the postal service cares more about the safety of its drivers than that of its customers. Recently, customers on the southbound side of the road received a letter from Norway Postmaster Mike Anderson […]
A San Francisco start-up wants to make sure you never miss a package again, or have one stolen off your doorstep. Doorman delivers boxes and envelopes to your door, when you are home. “Shopping behavior online is changing dramatically,” said Co-Founder of Doorman Kapil Israni. “People are getting their toilet paper online. The problem is […]
The holiday season is officially here and that means lots of package deliveries. That also means it’s the perfect time for thieves on the prowl, but there are some ways to protect yourself and your gifts from being stolen. “I did have a package stolen last year and fortunately the store where I bought it […]
11-23-2014 – BUFFALO, N.Y. – Last week’s early blast of winter weather hampered mail delivery in hard hit areas and other parts of Western New York, but the postal service is working to get things back to normal. Staff worked this weekend to catch up on sorting, and there was even limited delivery Sunday in […]
11-21-2014 – Western regional parcel carrier OnTrac today launched a delivery service in conjunction with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that offers large-volume retailers a fourth major business-to-consumer option in a region covering 70 million consumers. The service, called “DirectPost,” allows OnTrac to collect parcels from retailers and inject them deep into the postal network, […]
(November 18, 2014) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) — Temperatures dropped to a new low Tuesday, delaying schools and work for many around Metro Louisville, but that wasn’t an option for employees with the United States Postal Service whose job it is to work through the worst of conditions. Mike Hartfield began his route at 8 a.m. […]
(November 18, 2014) Watford City, North Dakota – With the holidays fast approaching, the local Watford City Post Office is feeling the pressure of trying to adequately meet the needs of their customers with an insufficient amount of staffing and an enormous amount of mail volume. “The hardest part in getting employees here is the […]
(November 13, 2014) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued the following report: “U.S. POSTAL SERVICE –Status of Workforce Reductions and Related Planning Efforts.” Report to the Chairman Darrell Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives note: Some of the excerpts from report are out of sequence GAO was asked to […]