postalnews.com: March 2015

Tuesday, March 31

Shocking Photos Show USPS Mail Neglect
EcommerceBytes Comment
Jim Hightower opens new front in fight to save postal service
People's World Comment
Letter carrier robbed in Paterson NJ
Paterxon Press Comment
California congressman speaks out against postal service
North Coast News Comment
Video: Legal notices lost in the mail in Indiana
WRTV Indianapolis Comment
Alabama: postal contractor and his wife charged with stealing meds from veterans
Birmingham News Comment
Postal Contractor Sentenced to Prison for Theft of $478K in USPS Property
postalcrime.com Comment
Rural mail carrier has been making her rounds for 47 years
Steamboat Pilot Comment
Monday, March 30
APWU: Deceptive Brookings “Study” Was Financed by UPS
APWU News Comment
Maya Angelou Stamp Dedication to Feature PMG, Oprah Winfrey, Andrew Young and other Notables
stamps.postalnews.com Comment
Maryland Postal Worker Sentenced For Seven-Year Disability Scam
postalnews.com Comment
Union files suit against Deutsche Post, calls strike
Reuters Comment
Republican budget would take $32 billion from your TSP retirement savings
Washington Post Comment
SUV broadsides LLV in Oceanside NY
postalnews.com Comment
Mail theft increase puts some Californians at risk for fraud
The Desert Sun Comment
Sunday, March 29
Mexican Artist Martin Ramirez’s work honored on Forever stamps
stamps.postalnews.com Comment
Opinion: Get ready, New Canaan, for the pop-up Post Office!
New Canaan Advertiser Comment
video: Residents of Brooklyn neighborhood fed up with mail delivery issues
News 12 Brooklyn Comment
The USPS and PRC ponder the meaning of "post office": The appeal on the Careywood Idaho CPO
Save the Post Office Comment
Colorado Springs: another LLV fire
postalnews.com Comment
Saturday, March 28
Video: Discussion on the future of the United States Postal Service at the Brookings Institution
postalnews.com Comment
Michigan carrier injured in accident
Cheboygan Daily Tribune Comment
Georgia: Drug Dealers who Robbed Letter Carriers at Gunpoint Sentenced to Federal Prison
postalnews.com Comment
Video: Registered sex offender will continue to deliver mail despite complaints
KWCH Wichita KS Comment
Video: Postmaster General’s Business Focus Message for Employees
postu.be Comment
Berkeley post office: Judge asks USPS to rescind documents
Oroville Mercury Register Comment
Online scammer sent empty boxes to victims
WJXT TV Jacksonville Comment
Friday, March 27
USPS to delay April 26 rate adjustments
postalnews.com Comment
Arbitrator Sustains APWU Grievance on Motor Vehicle Craft Subcontracting
APWU News Comment
PRC Evaluates USPS Performance in 2014 Annual Compliance Determination
Postal Regulatory Commission Comment
The doctor will see you now: The Postal Service takes the pulse of employees
Save the Post Office Comment
Mail delivery seem slower than usual? You're not alone
WECT TV Wilmington, NC Comment
Buffalo CCA admits throwing away mail
postalcrime.com Comment
Two Missouri postal workers indicted
postalcrime.com Comment
Friends, relatives gather to remember slain mail carrier
Chicago Tribune Comment
More mail box thefts in California
Santa Clarita Valley Signal Comment
Calls for a US stamp to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising
IrishCentral.com Comment
USPS officials confirm mail delays starting in April due to consolidation
Congressman says USPS is using its "manufactured financial problems as an excuse" to cut service
Northland's News Center Comment
Thursday, March 26
Deaf man falls on ice and breaks his arm- rural carrier comes to his rescue
good.postalnews.com Comment
House Republicans pass budget targeting postal, federal workers
eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin Comment
Chagrin Falls OH post office supervisor indicted on charges of embezzling $11,000
Cleveland Plain Dealer Comment
"We're all in trouble": The Yantic CT post office, from suspension to appeal
Save the Post Office Comment
USPS instructs rural carriers with USPS provided trucks to take DPS Flats directly to the street
Ruralinfo.net Comment
Video: Convicted sex offender, mail carrier taken off school’s delivery route
KAKE TV Wichita KS Comment
Gary woman, 25, accused of battery on mail carrier
NW Indiana Times Comment
Google Pony Express May Let You Receive, Pay Bills Directly in Gmail
Re/code Comment
Future of the Postal Service: End the Monopoly or Grow New Business?
Government Executive Comment
Postal Service wants to issue more types of forever stamps
Linns.com Comment
Wednesday, March 25
USPS reports $1.4 billion year to date operating profit through February
postalnews.com Comment
Former Post Office Manager Sentenced in Bribe Scheme
postalnews.com Comment
PRC rejects Discover NSA and the Postal Service's "subjective intuition"
Save the Post Office Comment
APWU Update on Article 1.6.B ‘Global Settlement’ Remedy
APWU News Comment
Flashback: Chaffetz wants to fire tax delinquent federal employees- but why stop there?
postalnews.com Comment
Customer asks "Help me understand USPS rates"
Ask MetaFilter Comment
Postal Service probing complaints of poor mail delivery in Massachusetts towns
Attleboro Sun Chronicle Comment
Tuesday, March 24
Woman arrested after police discover other people's mail in her posession
WCSC TV Charleston, SC Comment
Police seek owner of pricey jewelry left in mailbox
Detroit Free Press Comment
Stamps.com to buy Endicia
postalnews.com Comment
Wisconsin postal contractor convicted of stealing gift cards, cash
Green Bay Press Gazette Comment
Columbus Man Sentenced For Attacking Postal Worker, Stealing Package Full Of Pot
WBNS TV Columbus, Ohio Comment
Half a Billion Water Lilies in full bloom at Post Offices
stamps.postalnews.com Comment
New retail software being deployed nationally
USPS News Link Comment
Vehicle Crashes into West Virginia post office
WHAG Hagerstown MD Comment
Monday, March 23
APWU: Sticker Day Set for Thursday, March 26
APWU News Comment
APWU: Setting the Record Straight
APWU News Comment
Nonprofit Mailers Scramble, Again, to Fight Postal-Rate Increases
Chronicle of Philanthropy Comment
USPS buying new trucks specifically for CCA’s to use on Amazon Fresh?
21st Century Postal Worker Comment
USPS Sees Big Opportunity in New Ecommerce Delivery Options
Ecommerce Bytes Comment
Florida: mail truck involved in fatal motorcycle accident
Miami Herald Comment
Epic Fail for the Postal Service: The wrong model and the wrong BOG
Save the Post Office Comment
2 decades later, Montclair NJ reflects on deadly post office shooting
NJ.com Comment
Video: Camera captures package tossing, odd behavior by a postal service employee
KFOR Oklahoma City Comment
Sunday, March 22
Kalamazoo Mail Plant To Close, Expect More Delays
WMUK Kalamazoo Comment
Indiana postal worker accused of throwing away mail
NW Indiana Times Comment
Dog owner, mail carrier settle suit over attack
Eugene Register-Guard Comment
Saturday, March 21
Video: Tucson to see new mailboxes that thwart thieves
KOLD TV Tuscon Comment
Pennsylvania rural carrier pleads guilty to theft and destruction of mail
postalnews.com Comment
Video: 2 sought in postal carrier robberies in Coral Springs, Tamarac FL
postalnews.com Comment
Friday, March 20
Iowa mail carrier sentenced for tossing mail off a bridge
KCCI Des Moines Comment
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Calls on Congress to Prevent Sale of Historic Post Offices
Save the Post Office Comment
Man Convicted in 2013 Holiday Shooting of Boston Letter Carrier
postalnews.com Comment
The week's top news stories from Linns Stamp News
Linns.com Comment
Who Remembers the Nationwide Postal Wildcat Strike of 1970 (and Why Does That Matter)?
Save the Post Office Comment
Georgia postal worker charged with stealing post office keys, trying to make copies
NW Georgia News Comment
Fighting For A Post Office
Spokane Spokesman-Review Comment
Suspect arrested in Georgia postal robbery
Valdosta Daily Times Comment
Video: Detroit postal worker is attacked while trying to break up a fight
Fox2 News Detroit Comment
Thursday, March 19
Former stamp committee member says Manabe didn’t really understand stamps
Postcom Comment
USPS Rate Case Creating Winners and Losers in Periodicals
Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Comment
Video: Oklahoma letter carrier accused of stealing mail from elderly residents
KFOR TV Oklahoma City Comment
Car slams into Woodlawn VA Post Office, causes extensive damage
The Carroll News Comment
Timely Mail, Sunday Packages: Can Burlington's Acting Postmaster Deliver?
Seven Days | Vermont's Independent Voice Comment
Mail woes continue in New Jersey town
The Citizen of Morris County Comment
Video: Letter Carrier Robbed In Valdosta, Georgia
Letter Carrier Robbed In Valdosta, Georgia Comment
USPS Chief Marketing Officer Manabe set to resign
Linns Stamp News Comment
PRC Again Remands Price Adjustments Back To USPS: Standard, Periodicals, and Package Services Affected
Postal Regulatory Commission Comment
Texas postal worker indicted on drug delivery charge
KWTX Waco Comment
Wednesday, March 18
House budget ‘plan’? Cut letter carrier pay (again)
NALC News Comment
USPS Tightens Rules on Low-Cost Marketing Parcels
Direct Marketing News Comment
Who owns the Postal Service?
Save the Post Office Comment
Video: Customers help Iowa carrier rescue mail as another LLV goes up in flames
KGAN TV Iowa Comment
1970 Postal strike remembered in oral histories
National Association of Letter Carriers Comment
Carrier springs into action after customer falls
good.postalnews.com Comment
Rural mail carrier says losing leg doesn’t slow her down
Northwest Florida Daily News Comment
Soldiers build postal capacity from ground up in Iraq
United States Army Comment
2 seriously injured in mail truck rollover crash in Plainfield IL
WLS Chicago Comment
Tuesday, March 17
Buffalo letter carrier who stole Victoria Secret coupons sentenced
WKBW Buffalo Comment
Obama nominates two for USPS Board
postalnews.com Comment
Video: Community thanks beloved mailman with notes, money for trip to Hawaii
KSL Salt Lake City Comment
April Postal Increases Worry Nonprofit Magazine Publishers
Chronicle of Philanthropy via Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Comment
Video: Pocatello Mayor Holds 11th Hour Town Hall to Reverse USPS Plant Closure
KPVI Pocatello Comment
Postal Service looks to improve on 9 miles per gallon in mail trucks
Phys.org Comment
Video: Fort Myers residents upset mailboxes moved miles away
WFTX TV Fort Myers Comment
Des Moines Post Office faces thousands in fines for safety violations
Radio Iowa Comment
Monday, March 16
At NAPUS conference, PMG pledges to keep mail relevant
NAPUS Comment
Baltimore Postal Workers Plead Guilty To Drug Distribution Conspiracy
CBS Baltimore Comment
Middle-Class Betrayal? Why Working Hard Is No Longer Enough in America
NBC News Comment
Is USPS Shortchanging Priority Mail Shippers?
Ecommerce Bytes Comment
Ralph Nader: An Expanding U.S. Postal Service Is Very Possible
Huffington Post Comment
Mail theft on the rise in California town
Chino Hills Champion Comment
Survey result: Americans still love the U.S. Postal Service
Linns Stamp News Comment
Missouri postal truck catches fire
KSDK St Louis Comment
Surge in junk mail delivered by postmen since Royal Mail sell-off
Daily Mail Comment
Sunday, March 15
Does the new PMG see the glass as half-full?
NALC President Fred Rolando Comment
"We Deliver for Amazon": The Postal Service's New Priority
Save the Post Office Comment
The value of a government-owned postal service
New Pittsburgh Courier Comment
Saturday, March 14
Video: Neighbors Upset Over Ongoing Problems With Texas Mailman
KWES TV Midland Comment
Post office in Hinkley, CA to close: What would Erin Brockovich say?
Save the Post Office Comment
Can One Union Save the Slumping U.S. Postal Service?
Alternet Comment
Some states mailing tax refunds to avoid fraud
postalnews.com Comment
Video: Snake problem stops mail at Denver home
KUSA TV Denver Comment
Friday, March 13
Distillery campaigns for stamp honoring Jack Daniel
stamps.postalnews.com Comment
Car smashes through New Jersey post office
Cherry Hill Courier Post Comment
Atlanta postal worker taps $400K lottery prize
WSB TV Atlanta Comment
Postal Service change leads to delays in video disc mailings
Fayetteville Observer Comment
Thursday, March 12
Video: Postal worker shot while delivering mail in Erie PA
postalnews.com Comment
Video: Couple upset about deaths of shipped baby chicks
postalnews.com Comment
Video: Mailbox moved to safety after investigation airs on TV news
postalnews.com Comment
Video: 15 Waterbury CT Mail Carriers Hurt on the Job Since January
NBC Connecticut Comment
Video: Mysterious spy cameras collecting data at Denver post offices
Fox31 Denver Comment
Competition for Royal Mail could threaten universal service, MPs warn
The Guardian Comment
The Real Cost of 'Amazon Sunday'
Alternet Comment
Mailing Groups Cautiously Optimistic New Postal Leadership Will Stop All the Fighting
Government Executive Comment
Wednesday, March 11
Illinois letter carrier helps prevent a suicide on her route
good.postalnews.com Comment
Bronx residents fed up with postal service problems
News 12 Bronx Comment
Maryland letter carrier comes to the rescue of injured woman
good.postalnews.com Comment
Mail issues plague businesses in Illinois town
Downers Grove Suburban Life Comment
Taking the oath: PMG thanks employees, family during installation
USPS News Link Comment
Video: PostalVision 2020/5.0 live feed Day 2
postu.be Comment
Police Searching For Two Suspects In Virginia Post Office Robbery
WRIC Richmond Comment
Cupid and his friends at the post office are fighting back against flimflamming privatizers
Hightower Lowdown Comment
Tuesday, March 10
NY contract carrier sentenced for mail theft
CNYcentral.com Comment
Ohio teen tries to rob two letter carriers using a toy gun
WKYC Cleveland Comment
Video: Deaf woman says Port Orange FL post office discriminated against her
postalnews.com Comment
Video: USPS Is Falling Down On Job, Residents of NY Town Say
CBS New York Comment
Remembering Selma: DPMG Stroman helps USPS commemorate historic march
postalnews.com Comment
Video: Dealers using postal service to ship drugs cross country
WSOC TV Charlotte Comment
Monday, March 9
Residents of Manhattan Neighborhood Petition to Improve Poor Post Office Package Delivery
DNAinfo.com New York Comment
Your Christmas gifts are changing the Postal Service
Federal Times Comment
Thoughts on USPS Change Strategy...and the Danger of Velocity Without Focus
Intelisent Postal Affairs Blog Comment
Postal Service to push for compromise reform bill
Federal Times Comment
MD employee alerts apartment residents to fire
good.postalnews.com Comment
Video: Postal workers save Galveston man from lottery scam
postalnews.com Comment
Australian government backs two-tier mail delivery service proposal
Post & Parcel Comment
UPS Launches New Ad Campaign
Wall Street Journal Comment
Davis CA police alert residents of cluster box break-ins
KCRA Sacramento Comment
Car runs into Belfair WA post office
Kitsap Sun Comment
Sunday, March 8
New Medal of Honor Stamps to be Dedicated Memorial Day at Vietnam Veterans Memorial
stamps.postalnews.com Comment
Tasers on Stun: 9 New Business Ideas for the U.S. Postal Service
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Say goodbye to the lick-and-stick U.S. stamp
Linns Stamp News Comment
Postal history: Colonists sent letters by native American messengers, says new book
Boston Globe Comment
Saturday, March 7
Connecticut PSE charged with stealing money orders
Connecticut Post Comment
Tennessee postal worker sentenced for stealing drugs from the mail
Knoxville News Sentinel Comment
Postage stamp scammer stole $75K, bought Bentley in bad-check scheme, feds say
Grand Rapids Press Comment
Video: PMG Megan Brennan Installation Ceremony
postu.be Comment
Night shift added at Mansfield, Ohio post office
"It has nothing to do with mail processing"
Mansfield News Journal Comment
Friday, March 6
Maine PMR gets prison for embezzlement and mail theft
Waterville Morning Sentinel Comment
Megan Brennan sworn in as 74th Postmaster General
Linns Stamp News Comment
Return to Sender: PRC tells USPS to try again on rate adjustments
postalnews.com Comment
Recent slowdown of first-class mail delivers bad news to those who rely on postal service
Real Change Comment
Mail theft in California town getting worse
KXTV Stockton Comment
APWU Assembles Team of Experts To Oppose Staples-Office Depot Merger
APWU News Comment
Norfolk mail carrier accused of dumping mail four times
Hampton Roads Virginian Pilot Comment
Another Connecticut carrier accused of dumping mail
NBC Connecticut Comment
Postal worker catches suspect in fatal hit and run in St Louis
St Louis Post-Dispatch Comment
Oklahoma rural carrier dies in car crash
KTEN TV Ada OK Comment
Fight to save Stamford post office suffers another setback
Stamford Advocate Comment
Sticker Shock: Size of Postal Increase Stuns Publishers
Dead Tree Edition Comment
USPS, rivals and mailers knock heads over alleged cross-subsidy of products
DC Velocity Comment
Thursday, March 5
Transportation Companies Dominate List of Top USPS Suppliers in Fiscal Year 2014
Husch Blackwell Comment
The Maya Angelou stamp: Did Postal Service pick the right quote?
Christian Science Monitor Comment
Why Are Americans Still Calling Postal Workers 'Mailmen' When a Third of the USPS Is Female?
CityLab Comment
What We Lose with a Privatized Postal Service
Center for Effective Government Comment
Texas postal worker sentenced in mail theft
Amarillo Globe-News Comment
Mail truck overturns on US 21 in South Carolina, 2 injured
The State Comment
Wednesday, March 4
Man follows mailman, steals package off doorstep
KOCO TV Oklahoma City Comment
Union challenges move to end Canada door-to-door mail
Agence France Presse Comment
Indiana letter carrier pleads guilty in sexual battery case
Fox 59 Indianapolis Comment
Nonprofits Reel from Proposed Periodicals Postage Increases
Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Comment
Maya Angelou stamp design revealed
stamps.postalnews.com Comment
Senators reintroduce bill to strengthen postal workers rights
postalnews.com Comment
Video: The postman never rings at Queens apartment building- until a TV reporter show up
WPIX New York Comment
Customer drives into Alabama post office
WTVY Dothan Comment
Tuesday, March 3
Video: Florida postal worker admits to stealing mail, money
WFTV Orlando Comment
APWU Tells Members: Don’t Let Them Take Your ‘Postal Pulse’
APWU News Comment
Earth Class Mail, once a highly touted Oregon startup, files bankruptcy ahead of planned sale
The Oregonian Comment
Where is the Love from Low Fuel Prices?
USPS Office of Inspector General blog Comment
Video: asbestos found at Virginia post office, mail being inspected
postalnews.com Comment
Postage stamps to rise to $1 as part of Australia Post shake-up
The Guardian Comment
Monday, March 2
Here's What The US Postal Service Wants In Their Next Mail Truck
Jalopnik Comment
Video: tax payments burn in yet another LLV fire
postalnews.com Comment
The Poetry of Mail
Vol. 1 Brooklyn Comment
You're Not Going to Believe How Amazon Is Going to Speed Up Delivery
Motley Fool Comment
$60 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed By Family Of Woman Killed By USPS Truck
OC Weekly Comment
At Auburn, Massachusetts post office, money order request handled shabbily
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Comment
Online Selling and the Future of Package Delivery
Ecommerce Bytes Comment
Sunday, March 1
In town after town, ZIP code problems abound
Albany Times Union Comment
Video: Illinois post office armed robbery suspect in custody
postalnews.com Comment

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