postalnews.com: 2007

Monday, December 31

Postage Due cartoonist profiled

Asheville Citizen Times
(Today's strip marks the end of "Postage Due", at least here on postalnews.com. You can still read the archived strips at postagedue.postalnews.com.)

Nothing prevents local post office from ensuring that residents get those special Christmas packages

Reno Gazette Journal

Sunday, December 30

For Norfolk mail carrier, helping to save a life is part of the job

Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot

Neither Rain Nor Snow. But Impatient New Yorkers?

New York Times

Postal worker pleads guilty to stealing painkillers from mail

Associated Press

Saturday, December 29

Letter: Beware giving tips to U.S. postal workers

Columbus Dispatch

Postman pulls a slow one on Santa’s helpers in Pennsylvania

Reading Eagle

Bullet holes investigated at U.S. Postal Service building

Charlotte (FL) Sun-Herald

Friday, December 28

DMA digs in for do-not-mail fight

DMNews.com

NALC Postal Record for January 2008

NALC web site

The Future of the Post in Delivering Movies

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
meanwhile, Walmart is getting out of the video download business -Endgadget.com

PRC seeks comments on regulation of non-postal services

Federal Register

Neither snow nor rain, but grandkids? Sure!

Man who put his stamp on Allentown post office retiring after 42 years
Allentown Morning Call

'It does look kind of silly'

Letter carrier sports shorts during snowstorm
Fort Collins Coloradoan

Thursday, December 27

Kansas post office reopens after bomb threat

Kansas City Star

Holiday rush, understaffing mean long lines, safety woes at post office

Workday Minnesota

Reward offered in mail theft: postal truck hit in Illinois

Lake County News-Sun

Thieves Steal Holiday Mail From Gated Community

WTLV TV Jacksonville

From ticket sales to sorting mail

Post office is community icon
Evansville Courier Press

Money may be motive in Christmas Eve murder of letter carrier and family

Seattle Times

Wednesday, December 26

Postal 'Santa' Delivers On Christmas Day

KMGH TV Denver

Remote mail run lives up to post office credo

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Tuesday, December 25

People still mailing gifts on Christmas Eve

KHON TV Honolulu

Manistee steams over orders to move mailboxes

Detroit News

Surveillance Photos Of Postal Robbery Suspect Released

WCVB TV Boston

A busy Christmas Eve keeps those Postal Service Santas and elves hopping

Waco Tribune

Updated: No Overtime Says USPS CFO

see also the original post
PostalProfiles.com

Monday, December 24

E-Greetings Gain Ground at Businesses This Season

New York Times

Sunday, December 23

Christmas has a Zip Code

Southwest Florida Herald Tribune
(and click here for a listing of other POs with Christmasy names)

Letter carrier finds choice of career delivers every day

The Oklahoman

Postal workers wrap up busiest week of the year

Des Moines Register

Saturday, December 22

IRS says FedEx drivers are employees, not contractors

Bloomberg

Postal Service Updates Transformation Plan to Reflect New Law and New Technologies

Government Technology

Letter carrier released from hospital after pit bull attack

Parkersburg (WV) News and Sentinel

2 teens beat, rob letter carrier

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Friday, December 21

Congress Spreads Holiday Cheer – Leaves Town

Also: Lieberman Endorsement of McCain Could Have Repercussions
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin

Postal truck hijacked, looted in Boston

Boston Herald
See also the video report from WHDH-TV

Contract carrier sentenced in mail thefts

Charleston (WV) Gazette

Man pleads to scheme targeting post offices

Concord (NH) Monitor

Mail carrier rescues fallen customer

Burlington County (NJ) Times

Congress Blocks Seven AMP Consolidations

also: Annual Revenue Forgone Payment to USPS Assured, and more from the NAPS Legislative and Regulatory Update via Postcom.org

Pitney Bowes CEO notes anniversary of postal reform law | postalnews blog

Press release

Thursday, December 20

APWU Seeks Support for ‘Mail Network Protection Act’

APWU News

Senate bill would delay postal service consolidations

Sioux City Journal

Postal worker arrested for selling oxycodone to co-workers

Woburn (MA) Daily Times Chronicle

NALC's Young accuses OIG of abuses, bungling and waste

NALC Postal Record

Why Does Postal Management Allow Non-Compatible Disk Mailers To Claim Automated Rates?

eKEY Technologies

Wednesday, December 19

USPS consolidates HR systems

Federal Computer Week
see also: Postal Service Hi-Tech Human Resources Transformation a Success

USPS Operating Gudelines for Christmas Eve

APWU News

Tons of mail keep U.S. troops busy

Miami Herald

Sick leave plan falls short, manager groups say

Federal Times

Text of Board of Governors' Approval of Bank of America NSA

Postal Regulatory Commission

Labor Dept. Accused of Union Sabotage

Washington Post

Tuesday, December 18

Congressman blocks Bronx postal consolidation

Press release

Not even the flu can stop U.S. mail, but it can slow it down

Terre Haute Tribune Star

USPS's CFO Delivers Corporate Mentality

CFO.com

Postal van and mail go up in flames

Allentown (PA) Morning Call

'This is a little like tax day'

The Rocky Mountain News

Infectious goodwill at post office

Palm Beach Post

Monday, December 17

Still Choosing the Mailbox Over the In-Box

New York Times

Weird News: Christmas card mailed in 1914 finally arrives

Kansas City Star

Business data exposed on Canada Post website

Globe and Mail

On the Job

Letter carrier talks about the job
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Sunday, December 16

Two MRSA cases at Tennessee post office

Shelbyville Times-Gazette

Thousands Of Postal Workers Not Paid

Update: confirmation of the story we reported on Friday: 14,000 rural carriers didn't get their paychecks last week.
WCSH TV Portland ME
Earlier:
Rural pay snafu?
postalnews blog

Students work to protect kids who write to Santa

Stamford Advocate

Homeless get mail with general delivery

New York Daily News

Rural carrier indicted in keeping of mail

Springfield (MO) News-Leader

Saturday, December 15

9 postal employees indicted, accused of conspiring to steal mail

WWL TV New Orleans

Canada Post 'heartbroken' over rude Santa letters

Ottawa Citizen

Norman Postal Training Center opens doors to families, storm crews

Norman Transcript

Senate approves extension of breast cancer stamp

Press release

General Dynamics wins $40 million contract for flats automation

Press release

Customers miffed over removal of vending machines

Raleigh News and Observer

DHL, U.S. Post Office Lead Climate-Friendly Survey

The Daily Green

Friday, December 14

WSJ: Why UPS Shares May Suffer Post-Holiday Blues

postalnews blog

Mail truck goes up in flames in New York

White Plains Journal News

Growth in online shopping puts extra pressure on shipping firms

Toledo Blade

Accused post office employee speaks out

WRDW TV Augusta GA

Thursday, December 13

Why do FERS employees use up their sick leave before retiring?

(No prize for guessing...)
Mike Causey's Federal Report
(Note- on the second page of the column, Causey mentions the LA clerk buyout rumors: bottom line- VERA yes, buyout no)

Mail carriers up to the challenge

Norman (OK) Transcript

Contract employee charged after alleged assault at Alabama post office

Anniston Star Police Blog

MSPB affirms removal of mailhandler in threat case

Press release

USPS gets grant, increases Ft Wayne REC staff

Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette

Now-ex Fort Worth postal worker gets prison over theft

Houston Chronicle

Rep. Lynch Seeks Support for ‘Mail Network Protection Act’

Bill would require the Postal Service to bargain with unions before engaging in "significant" subcontracting.
APWU News

Board of Governors Approves Proposal That PRC Says Could Cost USPS Millions

APWU News

Wednesday, December 12

Pennsylvania postal employee accused of hiding, delaying 18,000 pieces of mail

Associated Press

Appeals court upholds demotion of supervisor who falsified time clock rings

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

BOG Approves appropriation request, Bank of America NSA

USPS News Link

Contract trucker dies in Charleston WV accident

West Virginia Metro News

USPS signs lease on new South Florida distribution facility

GlobeSt.com

Boy, 14, struck by mail truck in Delaware dies

KYW TV Philadelphia

Probe opened into bag of stolen mail

Salisbury (MD) Daily Times

No video of heist try at post office

Jersey Journal

Letters: Help mail carriers by leaving lights on late in day

Sheboygan Press

Florida letter carrier provides free lawn mowing

UPI

PSDS developer Yancey Rowe dies

Washington Post

Tuesday, December 11

Burrus asks PMG for Christmas Eve holiday for postal workers

APWU News

Ex-postal worker sentenced to jail for ID thefts

Reading (PA) Eagle

Opened mail pops up along North Bend streets

KCBY North Bend OR

U. S. Post Office Needs Reliable Database, Study Reveals

Government Technology

Postal problems in northeast Houston

KHOU TV Houston

'Tis the season to mail swiftly

Springfield (MA) Republican

Thieves Hit Jackpot -- in Your Mailbox

KLAS TV Las Vegas

Monday, December 10

Congress in 2007 Home Stretch!

eNAPUS Legislative Bulletin

Texas window clerk indicted on mail theft charges

Press release

Post office pilfering: Who's hiding campaign mailings?

Manchester (NH) Union Leader

Sunday, December 9

Mailman Grinch's Brooklyn home decorated with Christmas cheer

New York Daily News

Saturday, December 8

Postal Service sacks Santa's elves

Louisville Courier Journal

Postal Service buys site for major distribution center near Richmond

Richmond Times Dispatch

Contract driver dies in 'gruesome wreck'

Shreveport Times

Mailman arrested for stealing cards

New York Daily News

Friday, December 7

No Christmas Eve holiday for postal workers

USPS News Link

E-mail hoax could derail mail to troops

Orlando Sentinel

Postal Service Ends M Bag Subsidy

National Public Radio

Dallas ex-postal worker admits to stealing mail

Associated Press

Netflix's Postal Woes? Don't Go Postal

Seeking Alpha

Letter: USPS should take 'service' out of its name

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Kodak and Indros Group bring Personalized URLs to Direct Mail | postalnews blog

Press release

Thursday, December 6

Junk mail spurs growth for top printer makers

MarketWatch

Post Office surcharge could slash Netflix profit

Boston Globe

Over 1,000 Social Security checks late; postal service investigating

Louisville Courier Journal

Wednesday, December 5

Rural Contract Arbitration Award Announced

USPS News Link
click here for the text of the award, posted by RuralInfo.net.

D.C.'s Identity Lost in the Mail

Washington Post

Family loses home mail service

KXLY TV Spokane

Mail service will be faster this year, Las Cruces postmaster says

Las Cruces (NM) Sun-News

Why postal workers pay less for health insurance

Mike Causey's Federal Report

Judge dismisses race, gender bias suit vs. Postal Service

Philadelphia Daily News

Retailers join movement to curb the cascade of catalogs

Kansas City Star

Tuesday, December 4

Postal vehicle plunges into icy waters

WPVI TV Philadelphia

Indictment: Postmaster wanted murder-for-hire

Charlotte Observer

Opening Santas Mail (and Answering It)

New York Times Blog

Can search engines reform the DM industry?

DMNews.com

USPS rate structure still unpredictable

DMNres.com

Monday, December 3

Earnings statements for management employees go online

USPS News Link

Voting by mail: The idea polls well

Modesto Bee

Candidate's mailing shows up two weeks late

Manchester (NH) Union Leader

In Digital Age, Real Mail Delivers

Hartford Courant

Vindication at Valassis?

Advo purchase, first panned, now panning out
Crain's Detroit Business

llinois Mail Carrier Cleared in 'Hatch Act' Probe

St Louis Post Dispatch

Sunday, December 2

Marijuana found in Florida mail sweep

St Augustine Record

You’ve Got Mail

Bring back the pneumatic tubes?
New York Times

Saturday, December 1

Resident: El Paso Post Offices Incompetent

KFOX El Paso

Post office still confused over 'Toys for Tots'

Connecticut Post

Messy letters make Santa's crew less jolly

Des Moines Register

Marketplace: Post Office gives Netflix negative review

Public radio's Marketplace program covers the controversy over discounts for Netflix.

Friday, November 30

Battle Creek Postmaster returns to job on Monday

Battle Creek Enquirer
(earlier: B.C. mail scandal 'was just flawed')

Postal Service Reverses Ban On Toy Collections

Hartford Courant

Driver Who Killed Mail Carrier Sent Back To Jail

Hartford Courant

Postal Contract Driver Shot in New Mexico

Farmington Daily Times

Thursday, November 29

Calif Supreme Court denies FedEx appeal on contract drivers

Reuters

Pity the postman when catalog season comes

Staunton (VA) News Leader
(click here to read Postcom's response to this story)

DVD rentals costly to Postal Service

Washington Times

No Toy Collection at Post Offices in Connecticut

Associated Press

Postal officials deny city's use of safety reports

Elmira (NY) Star-Gazette

Florida Casual Accused Of Dumping Letters

WESH TV Orlando

USPS creates web site for retired employees

Keeping Posted.org

APWU: PTFs in Large Offices Eliminated as of Dec. 1

APWU News

Edmond's first post office ledger found

Edmond (OK) Sun

Wednesday, November 28

Post office experiences lull before Christmas crunch

Naples Daily News

Rural carrier gets fine, probation for dumping bulk mail

Baraboo (WI) News Republic

Tuesday, November 27

Burrus tells OIG to butt out of bargaining process

APWU News

Postal workers ready to deliver

Danville (IL) Commercial-News

USPS seeks contractors for VOE survey

Email or web-based distribution envisioned
FedBizOpps

Monday, November 26

Alaska bypass mail proposal by USPS being examined

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Mail trucks vandalized at Texas post office

News 8 Austin

Managing a National Network in a Slowing Economy

Economist Alan Robinson's Courier, Express and Postal Observer

Randalia soldiers on without its post office

One of twelve POs closed in Iowa this year
Cedar Rapids Gazette

Sunday, November 25

Buying stamps elsewhere helps the post office, postmaster says

Benton County (AR) Daily Record

How does your mail get from here to there?

Canton (OH) Repository

Saturday, November 24

Flat Sequencing System (FSS) Info Published

RuralInfo.net has a collection of information on the FSS, including background, deployment schedules, and more.

Milwaukee PO tells light duty employees it has no work for them

WTMJ Milwaukee

Friday, November 23

Great Neck pans mail center site

Newsday

USPS opens third training center in Norman

Norman Transcript

Nothing compares to good ol' greeting cards

Naperville Sun

Thursday, November 22

Arbitrator denies rural ‘fletters’ grievance

postalnews blog via ruralinfo.net and nrlca.org

Donors say 'bah, humbug' to Operation Santa rules

Newark Star Ledger

Fired worker wins lawsuit against abusive postmaster

Medrord (OR) Mail Tribune

Wednesday, November 21

Contractor admits to stealing from mail

Kane County (IL) Chronicle

Dog owner faces felony charges in attack on carrier

San Jose Mercury News

Teamsters ratify 5-year United Parcel contract

Reuters

Self service postal machines will end lines at the windows (in 1948!)

Akron Beacon Journal

TrackingTheWorld Designs GPS Letter Logger for USPS

Press release

Tuesday, November 20

Couple claims mailman tossed undelivered mail

KOB TV Albuquerque

USPS proposes smaller facility in Aliso Viejo

Orange County Register

Chicago mail delivery improves, study finds

Chicago Tribune
but on the other hand...
Chicago worst again in mail service
Chicago Sun Times

Mailing costs pushing catalogs online

Florida Today

Monday, November 19

Environmental Groups Cutting Catalog Stacks

New York Times

Driver insists he fell asleep before hitting carrier Maureen Deprince

Press of Atlantic City

Identity thieves using postal service for scam

Newport News-Times

U.S. Postal Service Destroyed By Four Reckless Teens In Car

More satire from the Onion. Past Onion stories: The PMG's Missing Laptop and Diversity Training

Sunday, November 18

Postal Service to mark ‘Year of the Rat’

Buffalo News

As holidays near, Postal Service pressed to deliver prompt service, too

NY Daily News

Saturday, November 17

FedEx lowers earnings estimate, stock tumbles

Memphis Commercial Appeal
related: UPS Senior VP Sells Stock Associated Press

Senate GPO/WEP Hearing Yields Sympathy

eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter

Mailman Accused of Attempted Kidnapping

Fox 13 Memphis

Friday, November 16

APWU-Backed Bill Introduced in Congress

Legislation Would Require Bargaining Over Subcontracting
APWU News

Postal Service’s oldest employee still going strong at 93

USPS News Link

Pitney Bowes to Cut 1,500 Jobs

Houston Chronicle

Reward offered in shooting of Chicago letter carrier

The Daily Southtown

Letter carriers rescue seniors

Contra Costa Times

Thursday, November 15

USPS Instructs Managers to Comply With Contracts

APWU News

US Postal Service revenue fell short in October

Reuters

Postal Rates Hikes Will Follow Reform Bill

Catalog Age

Preferential treatment for Netflix?

OIG asks why DVD mailers pay machinable rates when 70% of DVDs are processed manually
eKey Technologies

Disabled vets claim job harassment at USPS

WCNC TV Charlotte

Design Dilemma

Of the seven billion greeting cards Americans buy each year, square ones are a small minority. But for the U.S. Postal Service, they loom large.
Wall Street Journal

OIG says USPS pays too much of employees' health insurance

Suggests shifting $1 billion in costs to workers over next decade. (Adobe .pdf file. The specific recommendations, along with the USPS response, are blacked out- the OIG offers no explanation for the redactions).
USPS OIG web site

AT&T Delivers 5,400 BlackBerrys To USPS

Information Week

Wednesday, November 14

Postal Service will work with city

Letter carriers will point out property hazards, violations
Elmira (NY) Star Gazette

Police: Postal Worker Shot For Delivering Slow Mail

WMAQ TV Chicago

Tuesday, November 13

USPS responds to passport gouging charges

Orlando Sentinel

DMA report predicts spending increases

BtoB Magazine

Monday, November 12

Outsourcing your mail

USPS plans to use private contractors to deliver mail in Kansas City
eKC Online

New Health Plans Are Worth a Look

Washington Post

Battle Creek mail scandal 'was just flawed'

Battle Creek Enquirer

Stamping out counterfeit postage

Boulder Daily Camera

Sunday, November 11

Sticker Shock: Retired postal worker finds health insurance premiums rising 54%

Buffalo News

UPS's Ground-Shipping Rate To Jump by 4.9%

Wall Street Journal

Saturday, November 10

Video: Sensitive employee information ends up in open dumpster

WJLA TV Washington

Burrus Outlines Ambitious Agenda at All-Craft Conference

APWU News

Supervisor faces felony charges for falsifying clock rings

Lockport (NY) Union-Sun & Journal

Mix-up affects political mailings

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Friday, November 9

Georgia postal worker pleads guilty to misappropriating $112,000

WALB TV Albany (GA)

Vermont postal worker busted for stealing veteran's meds

Burlington Free Press

Ex-postal employee gets 14 months for taking $128,000

Houston Chronicle

Jury: Montana clerk lied about disability

Billings Gazette

Direct mail is still DM champion

DMNews.com

Mail may be rerouted as routes shift

Livingston (MI) Press & Argus

Thursday, November 8

Postal worker gets 14 months for stealing $128,000 from post office

KRIS TV Corpus Christi

Burrus Outlines Ambitious Agenda at All-Craft Conference

APWU News

FedEx pays $253K to settle dispute

Worcester Telegram

BOG sets agenda for next week’s meeting

Press release

Editorial: U.S. shouldn't be overcharging citizens for their passports

Orlando Sentinel

Retired carrier who became sheriff's deputy killed in Florida

NALC Press release see also this story from the AP, and this story from the Sun Sentinel

Wednesday, November 7

Mail truck crash sends driver to hospital

Lafayette (IN) Journal and Courier

PitneyBowes tool 'addresses' undeliverable mail

DMNews.com

Bill Clinton Tells APWU: This Election Belongs to You

APWU News

Tuesday, November 6

Is a direct mail crackdown looming?

DMNews.com

Panama City post office investigation under way

Panama City (FL) News Herald

El Paso Residents Complain About Opened Mail

KFOX El Paso

Monday, November 5

Letters extinct in digital age

Springfield Republican

Canada Post launches in Second Life

DMNews.com

ACMA to USPS: Be Very Concerned About Catalog Circ Cuts

multichannelmerchant.com

Sunday, November 4

Canadian lottery scheme using fake USPS checks

USPS News Link

Virginia PO swamped by political mail

Manassas Journal Messenger

Rural mail success was spelled RFD

Charlottesville Daily Progress

Bill would stamp out postal delivery of bootleg cigarettes

Report says sales support terrorist organizations
NY Daily News

Saturday, November 3

Postal Service Says Killing Small Periodicals is a "Win-Win"

Mother Jones

OIG finds significant weaknesses in internal financial controls in Chicago

... and click here for more on Chicago's postal woes
USPS OIG web site (.pdf file)

Letter carrier charged with theft

Vineland (NJ) Daily Journal

Friday, November 2

Charges are pending against a contractor caught mishandling mail

Mexico (MO) Ledger

Governor Bilbray campaigning for Hillary Clinton

Laughlin (NV) Times

NAPUS to Submit Testimony at Senate GPO/WEP Hearing

eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter

Senators: USPS gouges travelers over $97 passport fees

Associated Press

OIG: MODS data not reliable

USPS OIG Audit Report (.pdf file)

Postal Service halts vehicle buys

Federal Times

Opt-out services challenge catalogers

DMNews.com

Rutgers to host conference on Universal Service

Rutgers web site

Thursday, November 1

HCR driver pleads guilty to destroying artifacts

News 10 Now Syracuse

Contract carrier, brother stage fake robbery

WGXA TV

Police arrest postal carrier on indecent exposure accusations

Aiken (SC) Standard

Union Condemns USPS Invitation to‘Ignore Agreements’

APWU News

Authorities: Postal Worker Had Bomb-Making Materials

WRTV Indianapolis

How to escape jail in a mailbag

The National Post

Wednesday, October 31

Congressman wants space set aside in post offices for photos of military personnel

San Luis Obispo Tribune

FedEx, UPS give peak day package forecasts

Reuters

Update: Vermont clerk loses bid for injunction

previous story: Waterbury VT residents fight to keep postal clerk
Burlington Free Press

Tuesday, October 30

Get paid for unused sick leave?

Federal Times

Postal worker admits she stole gift cards

Wausau Daily Herald

Summary of today's postal oversight hearing

Postcom.org

New Postal Service Rules Delivered Ahead of Schedule

Washington Post

PRC sets new ratemaking rules

PRC web site

APWU: USPS Could Lose Millions Under Bank of America NSA

APWU News

USPS Laptop Stolen in August Held Hawaii Employee Information

KITV Honolulu

Postmaster General: 'Letter Carrier Surge Is Working'

The Onion (satire)

NALC and USPS agree to extend negotiation period for local implementation

NALC Homepage

Will Increased Postal Rates Put Mailers out of Business?

Hearing set for Wednesday (note: the press release incorrectly reads October 03)
House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia

Monday, October 29

UPS accused of tipping the scales

Detroit Free Press

USPS says Detroit consolidation won't delay mail

Crain's Detroit Business

Newspaper Exposes Royal Mail Security Shambles

Sunday Mail

Sunday, October 28

OIG Audit of USPS's Strategic Workforce Plan

USPS OIG web site (.pdf file)

Carrier pleads guilty to mail and workers’ comp fraud charges

Press release

Saturday, October 27

Waiting for Netflix's Plot to Advance

Company's future plans don't include the postal service
Washington Post

Disability or Threat?: Post-traumatic-stress Disorder in the Workplace

Court finds USPS acted reasonably in removing PSTD afflicted vet from workplace, but mishandled leave and retirement decisions.
Wood-Crapo LLC
read the entire Tenth Circuit Court decision. Update: see also this case recently decided by the DC District Court.

Post office undecided on replacements for area stamp machines

SE Missourian

Mail handlers health plan provider in trouble?

"Coventry cuts fee for mail handlers; shares tumble"
Wichita Eagle

Does MSPB Order Supersede Union Agreement?

Fedsmith.com

New USPS Diktat: Mailing Labels To The Top Of Magazines

mediabistro.com: FishbowlNY

Friday, October 26

Postman's weekends are shot- for a year- after vandalizing co-worker's car

Staten Island Advance

FedEx plans rate increases for 2008

Logistics Management
(note: ever notice that the newspapers and right wing "think" tanks that go postal whenever the USPS raises rates never have a problem with UPS and FedEx's annual price hikes?)

Maghound: a Netflix for Magazines?

Advertising Age

Granite State Is Latest Do-Not-Mail Battleground

eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter

Driver dies when postal tractor trailer plunges off overpass,

New Haven Register

Fighting wildfires may hit letter carrier in the pocketbook

San Diego Union Tribune

Pennsylvania postal employee charged with embezzling funds

Press release

Support Wildfire Victims by Contributing to PERF

APWU News

Reasons vary for late mail deliveries

Baton Rouge Advocate
see also this editorial from the Advocate: Deliver mail before dark

Editorial: Mail consolidation plan makes sense

Detroit News

Thursday, October 25

Beware Buddies Bearing Buyouts

Federal News Radio WFED

Mail Missing From Stolen Mail Truck

WDIV TV Detroit

Wednesday, October 24

Hamilton postal workers reject campaign claims- NJ.com

Times of Trenton

Postal workers picket over cut hours

Cincinnatti Enquirer

Alabama mailman pleads guilty to sexual abuse of 86-year-old

Northwest Florida Daily News

California Wildfire Mail Service Updates

USPS.com

Tuesday, October 23

Post Office Aims to Leave Yesterday’s Image Behind

New York Times

Peoria postal workers protest decision to move priority services

Peoria Journal Star

Postal Service defends Detroit consolidation

Detroit Free Press

USPS to promote ‘Today’s mail’

DMNews.com

Monday, October 22

Photos of military personnel back up at Paso Robles Post Office

San Luis Obispo Tribune News

A Campaign Recalls Postal Workers' Deaths

Washington Post

Letter to the editor: Mail handlers union opposes Canton consolidation plans

Canton (OH) Repository

Saturday, October 20

Blind Man Says Postal Clerk Didn't Help Him -

KMBC TV Kansas City

Photos of troops overseas are gone from post office, inspiring outrage

San Luis Obispo Tribune
What do you think? Vote in this week's poll!

Questions about "Misc" category deductions?

NALC News

Friday, October 19

Former postmaster is sentenced for drug transactions

Belleville (IL) News Democrat

Former postmaster pleads not guilty to felony theft

Isanti County (MN) News

From dogs to catalogs, mail carriers deliver original view of neighborhoods

Grand Junction (CO) Sentinel

Letter carrier goes to aid of 82 year old man in dog attack

Wellington (KS) Daily News

Commentary: PRC takes [redacted] steps into [redacted] new world...

Gene Del Polito commentary for Postcom.org
Update: the PRC has "unredacted" the data in the Bank of America NSA decision- see today's PRC daily listing for the files involved.

Iowa postal workers back Edwards

Des Moines Register
(This story led to the national APWU announcing that it had not yet endorsed a candidate)

Flint pickets hope to stop post office plan

WJRT TV Flint

"Jewish postal worker" headline got it wrong

postalnews blog

California letter carrier aids child, stops driver in hit-and-run accident

Salinas Californian

Thursday, October 18

What does the U.S. Postal Service have to hide?

USPS refuses to disclose how much overtime employees work
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Overhead door leads to postal worker's suit against Wal-Mart

Southeast Texas Record

Editorial: Post office needs security cameras

Jonesboro (AR) Sun

In the face of changes, Postal Service cuts back

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Puppy Love

Neighbors hope gift at a block party helps Torrance mail carrier heal from a pit bull attack on his route.
LA Daily Breeze

Boston cops: Postal worker got punchy

Boston Herald
click here for video from Fox25 Boston

Wednesday, October 17

Modern Service Standards for Market-Dominant Products

The USPS proposal for new service standards under the Postal Reform Act. Click here for the .pdf version.
Federal Register

Letter to the Editor: Santa Ana DM defends Aliso Viejo project

Orange County Register

Residents bear brunt of mail dispute

Montgomery Advertiser

Appeals court rejects Jewish postal worker's bias claim

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Editorial: Youngstown residents face loss of important service

Youngstown Vindicator

Petition Seeks Return of International Surface Mail Service

petitiononline.com

Tuesday, October 16

DMA chief calls on ad mailers to include an opt-out notice with every piece

DIRECT

Montana carrier and her wolf deliver into the wild

The Missoulian

Military postal service gearing up for approaching holiday season

Stars and Stripes

USPS loses appeal of FOIA case

postalnews blog

Monday, October 15

Indiana letter carrier who disappeared faces charges

Greenfield Daily Reporter

APWU Launches Ad Campaign Against Consolidation in Michigan

APWU News

MetroGroup to close Vermont plant

End of mailing facility will leave 204 jobless
Rutland Herald

Sunday, October 14

Manhattan: You’ve Got Mail

New York Times

Saturday, October 13

Detroit postmark could get ax

Detroit Free Press

Post office's new vehicles force mailbox change

Paradise (CA) Post

California postal worker sentenced to 2 years

Tri-Valley Herald

Clerk in vending theft case sentenced to probation

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Friday, October 12

Post office worker gets 2 years for stealing money orders

San Francisco Chronicle

APWU announces election results

APWU News

NYC: Postal Service a step closer to Morgan consolidation

Chelsea Now

Postal Service won't deliver mail to new development

WSFA TV Montgomery (AL)

Post office to deliver mail to woman's door

Clarksville (TN) Leaf Chronicle

Noose found near ground zero post office

New York Newsday

Thursday, October 11

USPS proposes addressing standards for FSS

DMNews.com

Company to develop pilot program to combat workers comp fraud in USPS

TradingMarkets.com

Post Office Insider Says Problems Persist At Las Cruces Post Offices

KFOX El Paso

Wednesday, October 10

Postal rate change has impact around globe

Chicago Tribune

Postal carrier battles leukemia

Lompoc Record

Customer charged with stealing $300,000 in postage

Long Beach (CA) Press Telegram

Tuesday, October 9

Young, Potter Sign Five-Year National Agreement Covering 222,000 Letter Carriers

Press release

Postal worker killed by gunman is buried

Shreveport Times

Monday, October 8

Dry Cleaner owner offers drive-thru postal services

Flower Mound (TX) Leader Star

Motorist dies in collision with postal truck

Columbia (MO) Tribune

Mailboxes getting rarer

Philadelphia Inquirer

Saturday, October 6

Del Polito to Mailers—Worry, Be Happy

multichannelmerchant.com

Postal Service fined $10,000 over trees

Miami Herald

APWU starts posting preliminary election results

Optimum Solutions web site

The Future of the Postal Service

NPR's Justice Talking looks at the USPS. Guests include PMG Jack Potter. Click here to find stations that carry the show. The program will be available online after 5PM ET Monday at the program's web page, or the NPR Podcast page.