INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Mount Summit is a tiny town in Henry County with a population of about 350 and is about 40 minutes east of downtown Indianapolis. The novel “Raintree County” written by Indiana native Ross Lockridge helped put Henry County on the map in 1948. Raintree County was the fictional name for Henry County. […]
STONE COUNTY, MS (WDAM) – The first Village Post Office in South Mississippi has officially opened at a decades-old, rural grocery store in southeast Stone County. U.S. Postal Service officials, county officials, economic developers and store employees gathered for a ribbon-cutting Friday morning at the Big Level Grocery Village Post Office in Perkinston. The facility […]
San Diego District leads the way in local VPO competition San Diego District has opened 36 Village Post Offices (VPOs) during the past three years, winning an ambitious challenge within the Pacific Area. VPOs — which allow convenience stores, libraries and other community organizations to sell postal products — are part of a broader USPS […]
On e PostalReporter.com reader comments on VPO inside liquor store: “The hypocrisy of USPS is amazing. Would FedEx or UPS put their contract facilities in liquor stores? What’s next? Marijuana stores where it is legal? The USPS brand is going downhill.
Hawaii welcomes new VPOs Six Village Post Offices (VPOs) recently opened on three different islands across Hawaii. The new VPOs, a pair each on Maui, Oahu and Hawaii Island, bring Honolulu District to a total of seven VPOs. Keoki Torres, owner of KT’s Auto Repair and VPO in Hawaii Kai, Oahu, said opening the VPO […]
Richmond District has achieved quite a feat — it has the highest number of Village Post Offices (VPOs) in the Capital Metro Area and 21 of the 685 VPOs the Postal Service has opened across the nation. The district’s 21st VPO recently opened in the convenience store at Williamsburg Landing, a continuing care retirement community […]
On the lighter side of postal news: New Village Post Office. click on picture for larger view
The Renfro Valley, KY, Village Post Office (VPO) set a record when it opened last month, just days after negotiations for the new location got underway. It began when Kentuckiana District Village Post Office Coordinator Nick Walker learned the Renfro Valley Post Office was closing, which would have left the historic town with no postal […]
VPO on wheels Mobile market offers postal services The nation’s first mobile Village Post Office (VPO) recently rolled into Dallas District. The “VPO on wheels” is part of the Hummingbird Market, owned by Pam Slate, the widow of a Marine Corps veteran. The market sells food grown by veterans who participate in a farm cooperative, as […]
Misinformation on Village Post Offices corrected A recent contributor author article in Linn’s Stamp News questioning the value of Village Post Offices (VPO) contained incorrect statements. In a reply, USPS set the record straight: Regarding the article titled “Village Post Offices – are they really worth it for the USPS?”