postalnews.com

Postal van crashes with car in downtown Jacksonville

Florida Times Union

Reminder: Most post offices will close at noon Christmas Eve and New Years Eve

postalnews blog

WSJ: Rampant Returns Plague E-Retailers

Wall Street Journal via postalnews blog

Gloom of night not stopping Quincy IL letter carriers

Quincy Herald-Whig

Editorial: Snail Mail’s Retreat in Canada

New York Times

Video: USPS carriers forge through Sunday snow to deliver packages - postalnews blog

postalnews blog

Despite proposed merger, Teterboro post office remains busy for the holiday season

Bergen Record

Sunday, December 22

Pushing the envelope on Christmas cards; holiday greetings not what they used to be

New Bedford Standard-Times

Boston Police provide additional details on letter carrier shooting

The PRC decides the rate case: What's in Santa's bag for the mailers?

Save the Post Office

Video: Reward offered for man who shot postal contract driver in Georgia Friday night

Video: Overstuffed Houston area mailboxes have postal customers concerned

postalnews blog

Trying to clear a way for postal legislation

The Hill

Canada Post’s secret plan to get lazy seniors some fresh air

Saturday, December 21

Postal frustrations mar holidays in Alaska town

Alaska Dispatch

Family still awaiting answers in murder of postal worker

Rock Hill Herald

Georgia: Postal worker in critical condition after being shot by a robber after dark

postalnews blog

A Look Back- 1930: St. Louis postal clerks wade through mountains of Christmas mail by hand

St Louis Post-Dispatch

Update: Two Men Questioned In U.S. Postal Worker Shooting In Boston

WBZ Boston

NJ letter carrier charged with theft again

California: Fake postal worker steals parcels out of PO

postalnews blog

Boston letter carrier delivering after dark shot in mail robbery attempt

WCVB Boston

Any Error in Your Mailing Address Could Send Your Package to Post Office Hell

LA Weekly

Car crashes into Ohio PO for the third time in 2 years

WEWS Cleveland

Judge tells convicted mail theft: “Don’t disappoint me”

Friday, December 20

Why does Royal Mail have so few female letter carriers?

Financial Times

Video: Package theft plagues holidays

postalnews blog

South Bend mail center closing on hold

South Bend Tribune

NAPUS: Postal Service Announces Favorable Change to Performance Evaluation Systems (PES) Ratings for FY2013

postalnews blog

Video: A postal customer’s fight with the mail carrier leads to a stand off and no mail

postalnews blog

Video: Connecticut postal worker smells chemical odor, passes out

postalnews blog

Video: Postal workers become Santa’s helpers

postalnews blog

Neither rain, snow nor, in this case, online shopping ...

Postal Service delivers packages on two Sundays to handle holiday rush
Chicago Tribune

Plan would end mail delivery on Saturday if volume drops

Portland Press Herald

Mag publishers await outcome of USPS rate hike request

New York Post

Dothan AL Post Office cited by OSHA

Dothan Eagle

Thursday, December 19

Video: Neighborhood Grinches Stealing Packages From Homes

postalnews blog

Video: Store named ‘Goin’ Postal’ opens- in Royal Oak

postalnews blog

San Francisco letter carrier robbed

Video: Fight to save the USPS from extinction

APWU President Dimonstein talks with Ed Schultz on MSNBC

Louisiana man guilty in assault, robbery of postal employee

Baton Rouge Advertiser

IPC Global Postal Industry Report shows revenue increase in 2012

postalnews blog

Convicted criminal hired to run North Carolina post office

postalnews blog

Update: Postal worker arrested for robbing Manhattan post office at knifepoint

NY Daily News

Texas: two carriers plead guilty to failing to deliver mail

Amarillo Globe-News

Video: Postal Service investigating outside theft as cause of missing mail in Dallas suburb

Wednesday, December 18

Virginia letter carrier pleads guilty to stealing gift cards, drugs

Roanoke Times

Modesto post office murals shipped to Virginia

Modesto Bee

APWU: Using Postal Drivers Can Save Money, Secure Jobs

APWU News

Relocation, relocation, relocation: The new M.O. for closing post offices

Save the Post Office

Postal worker catches twin baby boys tossed from a burning third-floor apartment in Bronx

NY Daily News

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp. to Acquire Valassis

Press release

Postal Reform Bill — “Wait Til Next Year!”

NAPUS

Canadians tell Lisa Raitt no more postal cuts

Postal Service Price Hikes? Return to Sender

Roll Call Opinion

Michigan postal worker robbed while out delivering packages

Ypsilanti Courier

Indiana Postal Worker Charged With Theft

WIBQ Terre Haute

Harlem USPS supervisor accused of robbing co-workers at knifepoint

New York Post

Oregon PSE charged with mail theft

Lebanon Express

How USPS Is Like an Airline, and Why That Matters

Dead Tree Edition

Tuesday, December 17

Senate Panel Postpones Consideration of Postal Bill

APWU News

What The US Can Learn From Canada Ending Door-To-Door Mail Delivery

WBUR Boston: Here & Now

USPS airs another holiday commercial featuring postal employees

postalnews blog

USPS tests outsourcing parcel sortation to UPS

postalnews blog

The cheapest overnight shipping for Christmas? USPS

MSN Money

Video: Storm leaves slick conditions for postal workers

postalnews blog

OSHA cites USPS for heat related death of Massachusetts letter carrier

WCVB Boston

Western NY letter carrier accused of dumping mail

WHAM Buffalo

Monday, December 16

The plot to kill the U.S. Postal Service

San Francisco Chronicle

Houston: Mail carrier robbed by 2 armed suspects

KHOU Houston

Tennessee: Postal Employee Suspended for Mail Theft

WTVC Chattanooga

Seven arrested at USPS protest in Springfield OR

Eugene Register-Guard

APWU Files Amended Complaint with PRC; Union Alleges Network Consolidation Causing Significant Mail Delays

APWU News

Canada Post yanks “permanent” stamps in advance of big price hike

Video: Postal Service works on Sunday to clear holiday backlog

postalnews blog

Editorial: To save USPS, end pre-funding, not home delivery

Buffalo News

Sunday, December 15

Direct Marketers Look for Quick Passage of a Law to Curb Patent Trolls

Direct Marketing News

Postal Service expects busy Monday

Lincoln, NE Journal Star

Canada gets cluster-boxed: Why it can’t happen here

Save the Post Office

Saturday, December 14

Mansfield NJ woman accused of drunkenly assaulting mailman, police say

Newark Star Ledger

Video: Police Say Woman Armed With Screwdriver Broke Into Mailboxes, Took Mail

postalnews blog

USPS Holiday Ads Have Never Really Delivered the Goods

Adweek

Reminder: Stamps.com and the US Postal Service aren't the same thing

Subscription fees catch some by surprise
consumeraffairs.com

Unions concerned about postal workers' safety

Baltimore Sun

With holiday mail rush in full swing, Janesville postal worker makes the magic happen

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Getting the mail after dinner? You're not alone

USPS spokesman: "We’ve been short-staffed"
St Louis Post-Dispatch

Friday, December 13

Postal Markup - Third Try a Charm?

also: Budget Agreement — A Bittersweet Pill
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin

New Jersey post office evacuated after woman crashes Volvo into it

Newark Star Ledger

Three Suspects Charged With Mail Tampering in Maryland

WBFF Baltimore

Burglar lures elderly woman out of house by posing as postal worker

WPMI Mobile

Packages damaged and employees evacuated in fire at New Jersey BMC

Associated Press

Snow-delayed mail has Corvallis postal customers fuming

Corvallis Gazette Times

Thursday, December 12

Issa Applauds Canada Post for Ending Door to Door Delivery

postalnews blog

Jacksonville carrier allegedly took $33K from postal customers

WTLV Jacksonville

Vermont: Contract carrier accused of assaulting postmaster acquitted

Valley News

Oregon letter carrier admits mail thefts

postalnews blog

The Postal Service tries to pull a fast one in Harlem

Save the Post Office

Meyers Named Acting VP Government Relations and Public Policy

postalnews blog

Video: Police search for suspect in Florida postal worker robbery

Hazmat teams called after postal worker falls ill

Orange County (CA) Register

U.S. Postal Service expects busiest mailing, delivery days next week

Kansas City Star

USPS shifts into high gear for holiday shipping season

Longview News-Journal

Wednesday, December 11

NALC: Budget negotiators reject Saturday delivery cut, unfairly target future federal employees

postalnews blog

Canada Post to end door to door delivery in five years

Holidays highlight the value of rural U.S. Post Offices

Prairie du Chien WI Courier Press

Video: PMG optimistic, sees more staffing cuts, 7 day package delivery in ZIPs that can “support” it

postalnews blog

Video: A look into Boise’s mail processing plant

postalnews blog

Texas actress pleads guilty for ricin-laced letter sent to Obama

Reuters

NALC announces creation of network to address safety issues

National Association of Letter Carriers

Tuesday, December 10

NAPS Statement on Budget Committee Proposal to Cut Retirement Benefits

National Association of Postal Supervisors

Mail Carrier Thwarts Theft Of Packages

WNEP Scranton

APWU: Budget Negotiators Threaten Postal, Federal Pay, Benefits

APWU News

Oregon postal worker arrested on mail theft charges

Albany Democrat-Herald

Congress prepares to stick it to federal workers again

Washington Post

IG rejects excuse for postmasters who performed poorly in Business Connect

FierceGovernment

Cocaine and acetaminophen mixture found in Wichita post office parking lot

Wichita Eagle

New Mail-Sorting Process Causing Unnecessary Delays in Ketchikan

SitNews Ketchikan

Postal Worker Hospitalized After Boy, 13, Crashes Into Mail Truck In Sister’s Pickup

CBS Los Angeles

Mailagra.ms turns your Instagram photos into postcards

postalnews blog

Monday, December 9

Feds’ Tension Over Possible Pension Changes Escalates

Government Executive

The USPS is under attack, again.

Unite Blue

Harlem's College Station post office may be sold and "relocated"

Save the Post Office

NALC: Budget deal could threaten future of USPS, cut letter carriers’ pay

postalnews blog

They’ll go postal in Brooklyn

Locals lament impending PO moves
NY Daily News

Royal Mail Agrees to 9 Percent Staff Pay Rise Over Three Years

postalnews blog

USPS says impact of recession necessitates above-inflation price rise

Post & Parcel

Disruptions: At Your Door in Minutes, Delivered by Robot

New York Times

Tip leads to recovery of suspected stolen mail

Everett WA Herald

Neither snow nor rain … well, sometimes snow

Bloomington letter carriers deliver on Sunday after storm disrupts Saturday deliveries
postalnews blog

Video: Animal attacks on mail carriers prompt more curbside service in Wichita

KAKE TV Wichita KS

The last mile: Carriers still key in technology-driven postal service

Janesville WI Gazette

Mail carriers struggle to make their appointed rounds

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

The spies who never came in from the cold: is the government tracking your mail?

Newark Star Ledger

Looking forward: Ten reasons to think twice about Metro Post

Save the Post Office

Berkeley making the rounds to save its historic post office

Los Angeles Times

Customer and employee rights when USPS solicits customers to change to centralized delivery

National Association of Letter Carriers

Saturday, December 7

Video: In Alabama town, snail mail comes by boat

USA Today

USPS Hunting for Space for Two Ousted Brooklyn Post Offices

DNAinfo.com New York

Video: Houston homeowner says postal worker threw Christmas package over fence

postalnews blog

Politicians somehow think ending Saturday mail delivery will help the federal budget?

postalnews blog

Post office to process mail, deliver packages in northern Ohio next two Sundays

WEWS TV Cleveland

Video: Postal workers in Texas stick to routine amid wintry mix

postalnews blog

(US)PS I love you: It's time to save this institution

Bakersfield Californian

Friday, December 6

Police Arrest Avon CT Postal Worker on Voyeurism Charges

Avon, CT Patch

Retirement Claims Processed Nosedives in November

Government Executive

FedEx Ground to Increase Rates by 4.9%

postalnews blog

Letter carriers don headlamps for after dark deliveries

Harrisburg Patriot-News

Unions concerned about postal workers' safety

Baltimore Sun

Video: USPS Locates, Delivers Man’s Remains To Brother

postalnews blog

Wisconsin postal worker gets probation for stealing drugs from mail

Grand Forks Herald

Thursday, December 5

NALC and USPS agree new MOU on CCA temporary assignments to other post offices

postalnews blog

Juneau postal clerks brought in to help with Skagway mail

Anchorage Daily News

Two Men Charged With Stealing Mail From Postal Truck in Chicago

DNAinfo

Nickelodeon And USPS Team Up For SpongeBob Mailpants

postalnews blog

Video: Sen. Tammy Baldwin talks postal reform at Quad/Graphics

US post offices will have shortened hours, early collections on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve

postalnews blog

Video: ‘Mail delivery broke’ in Indiana

postalnews blog

Wednesday, December 4

NALC and USPS agree new MOU on overtime lists

postalnews blog

USPS Accused Of Losing Man’s Cremated Remains

CBS New York

Watertown NY postal contractor jailed for stealing pain-killers intended for military veterans

Syracuse Post-Standard

Berkeley might use zoning measure to kill PO sale

Wall Street Journal

Postal elves asked to stop answering letters to Santa

Auburn Plainsman

USPS budget problems leave facilities in disrepair

FierceGovernment

$50K Reward Offered in Letter Carrier Robbery

NBC 7 San Diego

Post office becomes hub after tornado

Pekin IL Daily Times

Video: PMG’s State of the Postal Service Message

Video: USPS continues to throw Imagination Library books in trash

postalnews blog

Federal health insurance costs may vary substantially by plan

Federal Times

New York man gets probation for stealing $33,000 in postal money orders

Syracuse Post-Standard

Pathways to postal reform

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Tuesday, December 3

Shining the light on NSAs

Save the Post Office

USPS Rolls Out Same-Day Delivery Service in New York

EcommerceBytes.com

Why increasing feds' retirement contributions may not help cut the deficit

Federal News Radio

Survey: Free shipping more important to consumers than fast shipping

Chain Store Age

Keeping Postage Public

The United States Postal Service’s manufactured fiscal crisis need not lead to the end of the public postal system.
Jacobin

Decision on Postal Rate Hike Could Be A Holiday Downer

Adweek

Monday, December 2

UPS Praises Postal Service's Improvements, But Not Its Rate Hikes

Dead Tree Edition

Postal Groups Call for End to After-Dark Mail Deliveries

Government Executive

Video: Amazon unveils futuristic plan- Delivery by drone

postalnews blog
... on the other hand-
Amazon to deliver by drone? Don't believe the hype
The Guardian

USPS lashes out at PRC in rate case filing

postalnews blog

Sculptor of Las Vegas Statue of Liberty sues USPS for copyright infringement

Web site offers guide to USPS Operation Santa opportunities for volunteers

Press release

Sunday, December 1

Video: Funeral held in Rock Hill SC for slain postal worker

postalnews blog

It's Sunday and the Postman Cometh: Mysteries of the Amazon deal, continued

Save the Post Office

Video: Postman for America’s longest mail route drives 187 miles a day

Mailers fight against postal rate hike

The Hill

Maryland police renew efforts, but slaying of postman still unsolved

Rock Hill Herald

North Carolina postal worker injured in accident

Greensboro News-Record

Troubled postal service is branching out

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Saturday, November 30

Investigators searching for robber in rare post office heist

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

USPS cries "uncle" in conflict with wild turkeys

St Paul Pioneer Press

Video: Police to retrace murdered mailman’s route today

postalnews blog

False Postal Delivery Leads to Home Invasion

KBTX Bryan TX

USPS joins with bakers’ group to recover stolen trays

postalnews blog

Couriers gear up for busiest time of the year

Frederick News-Post

Friday, November 29

USPS Full Service Requirement Deferred

"Credibility takes a huge hit."
intelisent Postal Affairs Blog

Video: Competition could threaten services, Royal Mail claims

postalnews.co.uk

Mail delivery suspended on Rapid City street after carrier is attacked by dog

KSFY Sioux Falls, SD

An independent Scotland would re-nationalize Royal Mail

Post & Parcel

California: Driver smashes into post office, flees scene

San Ramon Express

Thursday, November 28

Schenectady mail delivery will resume after BB gun fired at letter carrier

Albany Times Union

Postal Service wins appeal on San Francisco SRO deliveries

San Francisco Chronicle

Rural Alaska postal worker receives prison sentence for theft of cash from packages

Alaska Dispatch

Tennessee rural carrier pleads guilty to stealing veterans’ mail-order pain meds

Kingsport Times-News

East St. Louis Post Office Supersivor Indicted For Stealing Packages

Wednesday, November 27

Inspector general to probe late mail delivery

Washington Post

USPS sending workers from Nebraska to help out in North Dakota

Fargo Forum

Housing may be key to North Dakota postal woes

Of 82 postal workers hired since PMG's visit in August, 50 have quit.
Williston Herald

Video: USPS criticized over mailman murders

postalnews blog

Where you can get Harry Potter stamps — and where you can’t: A list, map, and complaint

Save the Post Office

Greta Van Susteren Hypes Phony Postal Service War On Christmas

Wing-nuts go postal!
NewsHounds

DC Congresswoman Norton seeks answers from PMG on letter carrier’s murder

postalnews blog

‘Lose a Life to Save a Dollar’

APWU News

North Carolina Supervisor “Cleans Up” Financially While Receiving Workers’ Compensation Payments

USPS Office of Inspector General

Postal worker injured in Erie LLV crash

Erie Times-News

The Great Postal Giveaway: USPS Sends Jobs, Work to Staples

APWU News

USPS Confirms 2014 Direct Mail Promotions

Direct Marketing News

Tuesday, November 26

Postal service halted in Schenectady neighborhood after BBs fired

Albany Times Union

Mailers call on PRC to reject exigency price hike

Press release

Video: Letter carriers demand district manager’s resignation in wake of murder

postalnews blog

Amazon Could Turn London Underground Ticket Offices Into Parcel Drop-Off Points

postalnews.co.uk

Postal workers in North Dakota battling burnout

Fargo Forum

Postal worker’s murder keeps spotlight on carrier problems

Chicago Sun-Times

How Washington Ruined Christmas

The Exchange

Monday, November 25

Mail for Williston ND stacks up after postal workers quit

Oil Patch Dispatch

Alabama postal worker gets ten years in prison for shooting up PO

Editorial: Congress needs to step up delivery

Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot

A Peek at Amazon's Contract with the Postal Service

Wall Street Journal

Video: "It didn't have to happen"- Postal Workers Say Letter Carrier Death In Maryland Was Preventable

postalnews blog

Video: Vigil Held For Postal Worker Killed On Duty In Maryland

postalnews blog

Sunday, November 24

NALC statement on the shooting death of letter carrier Tyson Barnette

postalnews blog

$100K reward offered in fatal shooting of postal worker

WTOP Washington

Video: Letter carrier shot and killed while delivering mail at 7:20 PM in DC suburb

postalnews blog

In War for Same-Day Delivery, Racing Madly to Go Last Mile

New York Times

The slow decline of the postcard

CNN

Saturday, November 23

Fedex agrees to $21.5 million settlement for overcharging customers

Bloomberg

Deer runs through window at Poplar Bluff MO post office

KFVS Cape Girardeau

The Postal Service is running out of stamps

FierceGovernment

Mail carriers hold vigil to bring attention to assaults during deliveries

Chicago Sun-Times

Video: Overnight mail taking 3 days after USPS changes in Pasco WA

postalnews blog

Friday, November 22

Veteran Says Postal Workers Have Stolen Medication

WTVC Chattanooga

Police looking into South Carolina post office break-in

Aiken Standard

Postal Service Bends Over Backwards for Amazon, While We Get Crummy Service

AlterNet

JFK's visit to Santa Monica in 1958 yielded image seen by millions

The story behind the 1964 JFK stamp
Los Angeles Times

Thursday, November 21

PRC Approves USPS Rate Increase; Implementation of Full Service IMb Remanded

postalnews blog

Cintron named VP, Product Information

postalnews blog

Letter carrier attacked in Forest Hills PA, police say

WTAE Pittsburgh

Waterbury CT USPS supervisor charged with stealing parcel loaded with cocaine

postalnews blog

Video: $10K reward offered in Glendale CA post office burglary

Wednesday, November 20

Lance Armstrong Settles $3M Insurance Lawsuit

But he still faces USPS whistle-blower suit
New York Times

Video: Whatever It Takes- USPS Christmas commercial features employees

Postal employee sentenced to house arrest and probation for stealing from mail

McAllen TX Monitor

Appeals court rules against AWOL letter carrier

FedSmith.com

Detroit letter carrier carjacked at gunpoint

WDIV Detroit

Video: Mail carrier robbed in North Philadelphia

postalnews blog

Royal Mail's flawed sale bodes badly for the Post Office

The Guardian

What USPS’s Rate Increase Means to Commercial Shippers

Multichannel Merchant

Mysteries of the Amazon deal: Why the Postal Service is skimming the cream on Sundays

Save the Post Office

Tuesday, November 19

USPS unveils Harry Potter stamps

postalnews blog

Postal Reform Encounters Another Major Setback

Government Executive

New York: USPS secretary admits falsely claiming work injury

Newsday

Mail truck hit during Hollywood FL drive-by shooting

Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel

Mail thieves striking post offices late at night

Torrance Daily Breeze

Post Office changes frustrate residents

Redwood Falls (MN) Gazette

Video: Disabled woman endures lengthy fight to get her mail

postalnews blog

Police: Long Island carrier robbed

Newsday

Congress still hates the U.S. Postal Service

Los Angeles Times

USPS Says No Overall Increase in Priority Mail Rates Ahead

EcommerceBytes.com

Harry Potter stamp riles Postal Service panel, traditional stamp collectors

Washington Post

Letter: Leave your light on for letter carrier's safety

NW Indiana Times

Monday, November 18

Video: Mail carrier struck by van in Wentzville MO

postalnews blog

Lance Armstrong's Lawyers Seek Dismissal of Fraud Claims

The Blog of Legal Times

A Post Office? Yeah, We've Got That.

Postal Service Counters Replace UPS Services at 82 Staples Locations
Going Postal

USPS offers new collectible holiday ornament

postalnews blog

Sunday, November 17

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Funeral of Print Media

Dead Tree Edition

Sources of change: The Postal Service breaks down the mail volumes for the PRC

Save the Post Office

USPS investigating personal information breach at Menlo Park CA post office

postalnews blog

Saturday, November 16

Postal pinch: Duo busted stealing air mail from JFK airport

New York Daily News

Video: USPS says sticky mouse trap used in attempted mail theft

postalnews blog

Appeals Court Rejects Newspaper Challenge to Valassis-USPS Deal

Direct Marketing News

Rural Carrier Union Chief Sees the Future, and It’s EBay and Amazon

Businessweek

Friday, November 15

Amherst, Ohio letter carrier dies of apparent heart attack on route

Lima News

APWU President Dimondstein: USPS 2013 “Loss” is the result of a “manufactured crisis”

APWU News

NALC: USPS made $600 million delivering mail in 2013

postalnews blog

BOG: Despite Revenue Growth and Record Productivity, USPS Loses $5 Billion in 2013

USPS Press release

GOP lobbyist to remain as USPS Board Chairman; USPS finances improve

postalnews blog

Video: Several Seattle neighborhoods complain about missing mail

postalnews blog

USPS says terms of Amazon deal won't be made public

International Business Times

Two Texas Letter Carriers Indicted on Mail Charges

postalnews blog

Naches WA window clerk indicted for mail theft

KIMA Yakima

The U.S. Postal Service, Amazon, and Me

The New Yorker

URS Awarded $252 Million Program Management Services Contract by USPS

postalnews blog

Thursday, November 14

Wisconsin postmaster fined after theft of postal funds

Ashland Daily Press

Wreaths mark Royal Oak postal shooting anniversary

Royal Oak Daily Tribune

NAPUS: Next Round of Postings for Level 6 Postmaster Positions will Begin on December 17

NAPUS

USPS to increase shipping prices 2.4% in January

postalnews blog

Video: USPS blames holiday (not plant closing) for 8PM mail deliveries- carriers say otherwise

postalnews blog

Video: Postal Inspector Says Man Used Mail To Get Revenge

postalcrime.com

Roving dogs stop mail delivery in central Salinas neighborhood

Salinas Californian

Wisconsin letter carrier admits stealing mail

Janesville Gazette

USPS 2014 Rate Hike to Impact Online Sellers

EcommerceBytes

Will ‘Harry Potter’ Stamps Succeed Where ‘The Simpsons’ Failed?

Variety

The Oxymoron at the Root of USPS's Woes

Dead Tree Edition

Wednesday, November 13

Postal worker sentenced to diversion for indecent exposure

postalnews blog

USPS really is taking orders for Harry Potter stamps (if you know where to look…)

Mystery shrouds postal service deal with Amazon

CBS News

Amazon/USPS deal won’t create any new jobs

postalnews blog

Cleveland: Mail Dumping investigation

WOIO TV Cleveland

Carper applauds Amazon/USPS deal

postalnews blog

Yarmouth, Maine store owner hasn’t ‘given up’ in conflict with USPS

Bangor Daily News

Canada Post tests Sunday parcel delivery

Brampton Guardian

$10K Reward For Information On Recent California PO Burglaries

KCOY Santa Maria

Canada Post elves ready to help Santa’s Post Office

CanadaPostNews.com

Tuesday, November 12

The Unlikely Alliance That Ended Sunday Mail Delivery ... in 1912

The Atlantic

Postal worker arrested after fight at Detroit NDC

Southgate News Herald

Letter carriers deliver, even on Sunday

NALC via postalnews blog

Amazon.com Didn't Just Save The Postal Service

"If anything, it's the other way around."
Esquire

Harry Potter and the Stamp of Mystery

Video: Postal clerk tips off Postal Inspector to victim being targeted by scam

Monday, November 11

Amazon’s brilliant plan to rescue the Postal Service and disrupt the shipping industry

Washington Post

eBay Confuses and Irks Sellers with Holiday USPS Shipping Discount

EcommerceBytes.com

Pilot Program Puts Post Office Retail Counter in Staples Stores

NBC Bay Area

Postal Service honors local vet who wasn’t seeking to be hero

Seattle Times

Amazon and USPS Now Delivering Packages on Sunday

postalnews blog see also the Los Angeles Times

Sunday, November 10

Tribal Lore: Whistleblower lawsuit claims Northrop Grumman gave USPS false FSS performance reports

Save the Post Office

Collection box broken into at South Carolina PO

Anderson Independent Mail

Iowa City may ask USPS not to leave downtown

Leaders didn't know of move earlier because letter was never sent
Iowa City Press Citizen

Florida: police looking for driver who hit postal vehicle

Saturday, November 9

Whistleblower Says Northrop Grumman defrauded USPS

Dead Tree Edition

USPS to issue Hanukkah forever stamp

PRC Public Rep lays into Postal Service on Stamford closing

Save the Post Office

Video: Disgusting postal delivery causes huge stink

postalnews blog

California post office burglary under investigation

Santa Ynez Valley News

Feds indict Kentucky man for postal burglary

Floyd County Times

NALC: over 1,500 CCAs converted to full-time career status

postalnews blog

Friday, November 8

USPS Board Meeting, Annual Financial Results Briefing next Friday

postalnews blog

Flint letter carrier tells police she was robbed delivering mail

Flint Journal

Postal Service announcing 2013 year-end financial results next Friday

Federal Times

How to Save The Incredible Shrinking Post Office

Huffington Post

Virginia letter carrier guilty of opening mail

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Time is Running Out to Save the Post Office

5 steps to revive a valuable public institution--and why it matters
Commons Magazine

Video: Woman Claims Letter Carrier To Blame For Dog’s Death

postalnews blog

Alabama letter carriers apologize for late delivery

"carriers... asked that citizens leave lights on a little later"
Alexander City Outlook

Wausau WI man gets $40,000 settlement from USPS

WSAU News/Talk Wausau WI

Maryland PO may be losing customers due to location

Gaithersburg Gazette

Central Texas Residents’ Complaints Prompt Post Office Review

Waco Postmaster "unable to speak publicly about the problems"
KWTX TV Waco

At Swearing-In Ceremony: Dimondstein Issues Call For a ‘Grand Alliance’

APWU News

Wisconsin PMR charged with mail theft

Thursday, November 7

Florida postal worker arrested on mail, credit card fraud charges

Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel

Postal carrier robbed in Northeast Philadelphia

WPVI TV Philadelphia

New Bedford woman assaults mail carrier for skipping her house

New Bedford Standard-Times

NAPS requests an end to EAS Pay Freeze

postalnews blog

Mississippi postal worker pleads not guilty to mail theft

Biloxi Sun Herald

Two historic post offices in Connecticut get gutted

Save the Post Office

Carriers hurt in accidents work on recovery, warn of future injuries

NALC Postal Record (.pdf file)

Three postal workers sent to hospital after pepper spray accident

KATU Portland, Oregon

Wednesday, November 6

Idaho Postal Worker Sentenced for Misappropriating Postal Funds

postalnews blog

USPS Announces Holiday Season Forecasts

PMG Predicts Double-Digit Percent Jump in Shipping Volume
postalnews blog

Amid Capitol Turmoil, Postal Service Crisis Drags On

New York Times

Penn Hills PA mail carrier investigated for not delivering junk mail

WTAE Pittsburgh

How to Make Your Snail Mail Work More Like Email

Lifehacker

NW Iowa Man Charged With Postal Insurance Fraud

KELO TV Sioux Falls SD

USPS issues ‘Gingerbread Houses’ Holiday Stamps

USPS kicks off holiday season at NYC post office

postalnews blog

Ignoring Settled Law, Ninth Circuit Panel Defends USPS Denying Mail to SRO Tenants

BeyondChron

Tuesday, November 5

Man accused of hate crime after threatening letter carrier

Chicago Tribune

Authorities looking for suspect in attack on Tacoma letter carrier

Tacoma News Tribune

Appeals Court To Decide If USPS Should Deliver To San Francisco SRO Tenants

KPIX TV

Video: Moving? Beware change of address sites

postalnews blog

New APWU leader promises more aggressive defense of ‘public postal service’

Washington Post

USPS's Own Words May Doom Its Rate Increases

Dead Tree Edition

Monday, November 4

Patent Troll Alert! Could You Be Sued For Using a Barcode on Direct Mail?

presort.com

Video: The Search For The Million Dollar Stamp

postalnews blog

Newspaper editor says USPS changes have slowed delivery

Redwood Falls MN Gazette

Video: Ohio letter carrier mauled by dog

postalnews blog

Dianne Feinstein Delivers Postal Profits to Hubby

Townhall Finance

Video: Murder-Suicide Suspected In Deaths of Two Texas Letter Carriers

postalnews blog

Sunday, November 3

Michigan man threatens mail carrier for calling 911 during altercation

Grand Rapids Press

Democrats have doubts about Carper's postal bill

The Hill

Saturday, November 2

North Carolina PO clerk accused of stealing $16,000

Fayetteville Observer

Letter carrier injured in Winston-Salem hit and run

WXII TV Winston-Salem

Video: Police arrest 2 in attempted robbery of Florida letter carrier

Retiree COLAs Set at 1.5%

postalnews blog

Photo: “So my son wanted to be a mailbox for Halloween”

Reddit via postalnews blog

Friday, November 1

APWU Wins Call Center Pay Case; Clerks to Be Upgraded Two Levels

APWU News

APWU Pay Raise Set for Nov. 16

APWU News

Nine years in prison for Montgomery postal worker found guilty of identity theft, fraud and embezzlement

postalnews blog

NAPUS: “Overwhelming consensus” that USPS is “incapable of administering its own health benefits plan”

postalnews blog

Jamestown NY Postmaster Investigation Continues

Jamestown Post-Journal

Tulsa postal worker is killed in four-vehicle pileup

postalnews blog

U.S. Postal Service paid $122K to foot bill for temporary Aspen managers

Aspen Daily News

Thursday, October 31

Long Island crooks target USPS, UPS and FedEx deliveries

Newsday

Springfield MO postal worker attacked

Springfield News-Sun

Portlanders Kicked, Arrested for Protesting Post Office Privatization

Labor Notes

Florida: Police searching for suspects in letter carrier assault

WFLX TV, West Palm Beach

Police looking for man who hit USPS vehicle and drove off in PA

York Daily Record

Ohio letter carrier's attacker sentenced

WDTN TV Dayton

Layers of Redundant Management Have Been Eliminated, USPS Says

Dead Tree Edition (link corrected)

Sen. Schumer fights to end alcohol mail restrictions

USA Today

Wednesday, October 30

Take a bite out of crime? Oh, it’s just the new mailboxes

New York Daily News

OIG says USPS failed to recover almost $10 million in Voyager card overpayments

postalnews blog

White Plains postal driver charged in theft of 40,000 pallets

White Plains Journal News

GOP lawmakers eye federal-retiree benefits in upcoming budget talks

(Note: there's no immediate danger though: the House is currently taking yet another two week vacation!)
Washington Post

The rent is too damn high on Postal Service facilities, say auditors

Fierce Government

Driver crashes car into Palmyra NY PO

Canandaigua Daily Messenger

Greenville MO: No Mailboxes to Be Placed on City Property or Right-of-Way

Wayne County Journal-Banner

Kearney leaving USPS to head Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers

postalnews blog

Postal worker who stole, threw away thousands of letters hired as state employee

KIRO Seattle

500 garbage bills never reach Pottsville residents

Pottsville PA Republican Herald

Massachusetts family credits letter carrier with saving their home from fire

Springfield Republican

Tuesday, October 29

Alabama PO robbery suspect arrested in Mississippi

Selma Times‑Journal

Sale of Stamford post office on hold: U.S. District Court grants temporary injunction

Save the Post Office

Seven arrested in Portland OR postal privatization protest

The Oregonian

Stamp collectors not impressed by “Inverted Jenny Invert"

Letter carrier saves Greensboro NC woman

WGHP TV High Point NC

Video: Florida letter carrier, 72, aids woman suffering medical emergency

postalnews blog

17 More Ways USPS Is Not Like a Real Business

Dead Tree Edition

Monday, October 28

Magazine seeks contributions from readers to cover cost of 'Tea-Party' backed postal-rate hike

Capital New York

U.S. Postal Service: Time to Go Public?

InvestorPlace

USPS asks for industry feedback on flats strategy

intelisent Postal Affairs Blog

Redrawing the Battle Lines for Last Mile Delivery

PostalVision 2020

Post Offices sold and for sale: An update on the inventory

Save the Post Office

OIG: Some NJ mail carriers were told to report for work during Superstorm Sandy despite mandatory evacuation orders

Some had to be rescued by the Coast Guard
Washington Times

Milton Friedman and the US Postal Service

A right wing icon and his postal myths
Daily Kos

Sunday, October 27

Tampa District steps up micromanaging efforts

Ruralinfo Postal News

Study says direct mail still a key segment

Paper advertising approach survives as digital marketing rises
Gaithersburg MD Gazette

Issa bill would open FEHBP to all Americans, but at what cost?

Federal News Radio

Saturday, October 26

The free-shipping wars have begun

San Diego Union-Tribune

Government of Singapore is now Royal Mail's second biggest shareholder

... and the biggest owner is "an aggressive hedge fund"...
The Mirror

Mail handlers raise set for November 16

FederalDaily.com

Video: Texas Postal Worker Pleads Guilty In $450K Jewelry Theft Case

postalnews blog

Friday, October 25

Ex-Willimantic CT postmaster accused of getting 55 pounds of pot in mail

Norwich Bulletin

Video: Detroit mailman saves family’s burning home, then finishes his route

Video: Neither scorpions, snakes nor storms stop this mailman