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Friday, August 31

• Letter carrier helps save woman's home
  Benton (IL) Evening News
• California Post Office robbed
  Vallejo Times Herald
• Mailers need to speak up for their industry
  DMNews.com
• Longtime Massachusetts postmaster pleads guilty to embezzlement
  Springfield Republican

  Thursday, August 30

• Arbitrator awards $50,000 for abuse by Postal Inspectors
  21st Century Postal Worker (Adobe .pdf file)
• USPS, Postmasters Agree to Pay Package
  League of Postmasters web site
  download the details (Microsoft Word file)
• Congressman, officials discuss Gaylord plant
  Gaylord (MI) Herald Times
• Witness claims postal carrier shot dog
  Greenville (SC) News

  Wednesday, August 29

• Wall Street Journal omitted key information in article about Clinton donations from letter carrier's family
  MediaMatters.org
  click here to read the original Wall Street Journal story
• Baby boomers are top ‘junk mail’ target
  Press release

  Tuesday, August 28

• Small Post Office is well kept secret
  Lebanon (PA) Daily News
• Postamaster hears delivery complaints
  Dunkirk (NY) Observer
• Rural carrier rescues elderly customer
  Hillsdale (MI) Daily News
• Postal machine chomps tax bills
  Poughkeepsie Journal
• Man threatened to shoot his wife inside post office, police say
  Johnstown (PA) Tribune Democrat
• Company introduces mail back sharps program
  Press release

  Monday, August 27

• Carried Away!
  Book of letter carriers' stories will raise funds for charity
  Carried-Away.info
• California cities respond to dog attacks
  Los Angeles Daily Breeze
• Bird droppings stop mail on Capitol Hill
  Washington Post
• Woman wins disabled access at NYC PO
  New York Post

  Sunday, August 26

• This mailman delivers it all: Letters or punches
  Austin American-Statesman
• Postal annex likely will face hurdle in Aliso Viejo
  Orange County (CA) Register
• You've got mail!
  "When it comes to delivering DVDs, and guarding secrets, Netflix runs a tight ship"
  Boston Globe
• Alabama carrier celebrates 50 years on the job
  Mobile Register
• Mural contest sends first-class package to old post office
  Cincinnatti Enquirer

  Saturday, August 25

• APWU official arrested, charged with embezzling union funds
  Dothan (AL) Eagle
• Postal Contractor Sought for Back Wages
  Inc.com
• NY town's residents protest lack of delivery
  Utica Observer-Dispatch
• Postal workers stole mail from North Texas P&D, officials say
  Dallas Morning News
• Heavy rains affect Illinois post offices
  Peoria Journal Star
• Neighborhood Protests Loss of Home Mail Delivery
  WYLV TV Jacksonville

  Friday, August 24

• NALC Ratification Update: All ballots received by September 6 to be counted
  Mailing delay and returning military reservists cited
  NALC web site
• UPS Spent Nearly $1.2M Lobbying
  Forbes.com
• FedEx, UPS Increase Donations to Democrats
  Bloomberg
• FedEx Ground Continues Its Contractor Battle
  workforce.com
• Police Dog's Attack On Postman Baffling
  WRTV Indianapolis

  Thursday, August 23

• Valassis: maybe buying ADVO wasn’t such a great idea?
  postalnews blog
• Mansfield, OH Post Office Shuts Down Due to Flooding
  WJW TV Cleveland
• Stamp Machines In Post Offices Head for Dump
  Lakeland (FL) Ledger
• Postman recovering after pit bull attack
  Los Angeles Times
• Postal Nurses Vote to Merge with APWU
  APWU News
• Postal Service CTO to retire
  Federal Computer Week
• Police arrest letter carrier for stealing mail
  KOB TV Albuquerque

  Wednesday, August 22

• Postmaster takes 'queue' from customer comments
  Memphis Commercial Appeal
• Rural carrier dies in Missouri flood
  Springfield News-Leader
• Feds: Connecticut contract cleaner stole mail
  Norwich Bulletin
• Ask President Burrus: Organizing Casuals?
  APWU web site

  Tuesday, August 21

• USPS asks for help in stopping stamp selling scheme
  9News Denver
• To Compete With E-Mail Greetings, Funny Cards Try to Be Topical
  New York Times
• USPS won't build in San Juan Capistrano
  Los Angeles Times
• Mail carrier is shot in face while on delivery route
  KMOV TV St. Louis
• Going postal on Wikipedia
  postalnews blog

  Monday, August 20

• Many have affinity for ZIP codes
  Columbus Dispatch
• Dog bite leads to 4-hour surgery for mail carrier
  Pleasantdale (CA) Argus
• Post Office to remove 33 mailboxes in Virginia town
  Potomac News

  Sunday, August 19

• Route of recovery: New Orleans carrier returns to Lower 9th Ward
  St Petersburg Times

  Saturday, August 18

• 'Kelly Girl' award will cost USPS $19.7 million
  ... plus $128K to the local union for lost dues
  21st Century Postal Worker
• NALC extends ratification ballot deadline for some members
  The extension, to September 6, applies only to 16,630 members whose ballots were delayed. Click here to download the list of employees- all other ballots must be received by August 27.
  NALC Homepage
• Kansas City APWU official sentenced for embezzling from union
  Kansas City Star
• NALC: Story on route adjustments was wrong
  Arlington (MA) Advocate (click here to read the original news story)
• Veterans challenge plan to name post office for Iraq war soldier
  Kansas City Star

  Friday, August 17

• Mail carrier finds body at house in Brooklyn
  Baltimore Sun
• PRC running ahead of schedule on reform
  Washington Post
• Faulty refund process may cost USPS $500,000
  DMNews.com
• 180 Flint postal jobs could move to Pontiac
  WJRT TV Flint
• Postal worker feted for saving co-worker's life
  Whittier (CA) Daily News
• Direct mail services play a key role in FedEx Kinko’s expansion
  DMNews.com

  Thursday, August 16

• Postal Worker Faces Mail Fraud Charges
  WECT TV Wilmington (NC)
• PRC proposes ratemaking regulations
  DMNews.com click here to download the proposed regulations (.pdf file)
• Can dogs, mail mix?
  Berkshire Eagle

  Wednesday, August 15

• Mexico to upgrade shoddy mail service with U.S. help
  Houston Chronicle
• Lease dispute threatens to leave Pelham without a post office
  White Plains Journal News (according to Google maps, the temporary mail location is 8/10ths of a mile from the current location)
• Letter carrier comes to the rescue
  Sheboygan Press
• Never Mind The Rain, Snow And Gloom Of Night — Porch Steps Will Stop The Mail
  The Day (New London CT)... and click here to read the letter to the editor of the Norwich Bulletin from the customer named in the article.
• US postage stamps being sold at less than face value on eBay?
  from eBay via postalmag.com. One seller, who goes by the name of 'treetress', has three lots of 100 'Forever' stamps going for as low as $34.99 with free shipping. The same merchant sold 500 of the stamps on eBay two weeks ago...
• Cremated Human Remains Found in Mailbox
  Fox News (which categorized the story as "Entertainment News: Celebrity Gossip")

  Tuesday, August 14

• Worker complaints up at Virginia post office
  Manassas Journal Messenger
• Capistrano officials don't want postal facility
  Los Angeles Times
• Ex-postal worker admits defrauding workers' comp out of $392,000
  Syracuse Post-Standard

  Monday, August 13

• FSS (DPS Flats) Will Change Delivery Environment
  (click here for a brief video of the FSS in action)
  Postalmag.com
• District court rules in favor of USPS in AMS specialist case
  DC District Court web site
• Mailboxes at center of controversy in South Carolina town
  South Carolina Now
• NALC asks members 'Who should be President'
  NALC Postal Record (.pdf file)
• Granny goes postal
  Disabled entry beef New York Post

  Sunday, August 12

• Congress may expand FMLA
  Wichita Eagle
• Postal workers battle the heat to deliver the mail
  Roanoke (NC) Daily Herald
• Cracking the mail market
  Data-Pac's postage meters challenge behemoths
  Rochester (NY) Democrat & Chronicle

  Saturday, August 11

• Postal Truck Used As Getaway Car
  KPHO TV Phoenix
• Seattle area post offices hit by new breed of identity theft
  Seattle Times

  Friday, August 10

• Former postmaster in trouble with the feds
  KTVO TV Kirksville MO
• Teen Arraigned In Vermont Mailbox Bomb Case
  St Johnsbury Caledonian Record
• Wasps halt mail service for 2 days in Michigan town
  Detroit Free Press
• Woman Says USPS Won't Send Package To Officer
  CBS4 Denver
• Postman aids seniors
  Brooklyn Courier Life
• Last call for post office at Elizabeth
  Fergus Falls (MN) Daily Journal

  Thursday, August 9

• FedEx contract delivery lawsuit could cost $630 million
  Indianapolis Business Journal
• Politician vows to fight plan to transfer postal jobs
  Flint Journal
• Carrier who didn't deliver back on job
  Jackson (MI) Citizen Patriot
• San Juan Capistrano mail-processing plant opposed
  Orange County Register
• Chicago postal service 'Most improved' - but still worst
  Chicago Sun Times
• District Manager blames city for delivery problems
  Rio Rancho (NM) Observer
• Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Heat!
  WSIL TV Carterville IL
• Rate hikes spur transpromo use
  ('Transpromo' means sticking personalized ads in with customer statements rather than sending them separately via Standard Mail)
  DMNews.com
• Postal worker rescues woman, contains fire
  Amador (CA) Ledger Dispatch

  Wednesday, August 8

• USPS: Performance scores at record levels
  Board of Governors Briefed on Third Quarter Performance & Financial Results
  USPS News Link
• Illinois: Former postmaster pleads guilty in federal court
  Benton Evening News
• NALC: Ballots in the Mail
  NALC Bulletin
• Contractor allegedly stole gift cards from mail
  Worcester Telegram
• Dogs rout delivery of mail in Jacksonville
  Florida Times Union
• MTAC focus on measurement
  DMNews.com
• Mail Carrier Threatened in Omaha
  KMTV Omaha

  Tuesday, August 7

• Postal Service destroys millions of letters to try to stop scams?
  KYTV Springfield MO
• BMC supervisor sentenced for stealing
  USPS News Link
• Former postmaster admits drug offense
  St Louis Post Dispatch
• Dog bite leads to 4-hour surgery for mail carrier
  San Mateo County Times
• Louisiana postal worker facing charges
  New Orleans Times Picayune
• 1923 Harding stamp started first day cover craze
  National Postal Museum

  Monday, August 6

• Boss Gives Life-Saving Gift To Employee
  Jamestown (NY) Post-Journal
• Mail jobs may leave Flint site
  Flint Journal
• USPS: "too dangerous" to deliver mail in Arizona town
  KVOA TV Tucson
• Maine newspaper says USPS isn't delivering
  Camden Herald

  Saturday, August 4

• USPS: Direct Mail Boosts Online Commerce
  Press release

  Friday, August 3

• Suspect in letter carrier's shooting to be charged as adult
  Omaha World Herald
• NALC's Young: Where we stand on contracting out legislation
  NALC e-Activist Network
• Lawsuit over personal data brings out postal workers
  Seattle Post-Imtelligencer
• USPS looks to union to help curb costs and avoid contracting
  Federal Times
• Ex-postal worker gets 8-day sentence in theft
  Bangor Daily News
• Postal service considering options for mail delivery in some Waco areas
  Waco Tribune Herald
• Postal changes impact 50 percent of deliveries in Massachusetts town
  Arlington Advocate
• Commentary: Postal regulation reform may need a second look
  DMNews.com
• USPS’s workgroups to improve service, measurement
  DMNews.com
• USPS’s Cochrane: Soft package marketplace will recover
  DMNews.com
• Testimony from yesterday's Senate Committee hearings
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Thursday, August 2

• Postal truck fire destroys some mail in Maine
  keepMEcurrent.com
• Postmaster accused of discarding mail
  Columbus Dispatch
• Norwich residents upset post office telling them to move mailboxes
  Norwich Bulletin
• Ex-postal worker on probation for mail theft
  Birmingham (AL) Press Register
• Service Standards at the Postal Service: Are Customers Getting What They Paid For?
  The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs holds hearings on that subject this morning.
• Service standards workgroup to make recommendations to USPS
  DMNews.com
• Catalogers turn to postcards
  DMNews.com

  Wednesday, August 1

• Eagan Postal facility remains on track
  St Paul Pioneer Press
• Deprince is an inspiration to all
  Press of Atlantic City
• NJ Postmaster pleads guilty in fraud case
  Press of Atlantic City
• Mail Scattered On Interstate
  WSB TV Atlanta
• Letter carrier wounded by shotgun pellets
  Omaha World-Herald
• Police: Reported post office shooting a hoax
  WKYC TV Cleveland
• Perfect Postage Fills the Niche for the Growing Demand of Designer Wedding Postage | postalnews blog
  Press release

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