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Postal Service begins transition - Asheville Citizen-Times

 

“gopost” gets seal of disapproval in San Francisco

 

Some notice delays following Salem mail processing center closure - Statesman Journal

 

No plans for a new Hanamaulu Post Office - Thegardenisland.com

 

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Lists, Maps, Places, Topics, Links

  • Closing Maps
    • RAOI Closing Map (7/26/11)
    • Removed from RAOI: Map
    • Non-RAOI Map (7/27/11)
    • AMP Consolidation Map (9/15/11)
    • Post Offices Closed in 2011 Map
    • Appeals
  • Closing Lists
    • RAOI Closing List (7/26/11)
      • Official USPS RAOI List
      • Alabama
      • Alaska
      • Arizona
      • Arkansas
      • California
      • Colorado
      • Connecticut
      • DC
      • Delaware
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Hawaii
      • Idaho
      • Illinois
      • Indiana
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maine
      • Maryland
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • Minnesota
      • Mississippi
      • Missouri
      • Montana
      • Nebraska
      • Nevada
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New Mexico
      • New York
      • North Carolina
      • North Dakota
      • Ohio
      • Oklahoma
      • Oregon
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • South Carolina
      • South Dakota
      • Tennessee
      • Texas
      • Utah
      • Vermont
      • Virginia
      • Washington
      • West Virginia
      • Wisconsin
      • Wyoming
    • Removed from RAOI: List
    • Non-RAOI List (7/27/11)
    • State-by-State Summary of July 2011 closing lists
    • AMP Consolidations
    • Post Offices Closed in 2011 List
    • Appeals
  • Counter Narratives
    • Congress’s war on the post office (Salon)
    • Principles for Postal Service Reform
    • Do you need your mailman? Phil Rubio on NPR
    • Save the Post Office! (Nation)
    • 'Save the Post Office' Movement Defends 'the Human Side of Government' (Nation)
    • Wait a Minute, Mr. Postmaster: Postal Service Privatizers Push Manufactured Crisis (The Indypendent)
    • Twisted government accounting behind Postal Service woes (MSNBC)
    • Are We About to Lose the Postal Service? (AlterNet)
    • Bogus Postal Service crisis deserves to get a Return to Sender (NY Daily News)
    • Destroying the Postal Service - another Manufactured Crisis (Thom Hartmann)
    • Destroying the Postal Service in Order to Save It? (OpEd News)
    • How the Right Wing Destroyed the U.S. Postal Service (Majority Report)
    • Postal Service: Death by Bathtub Drowning (truthout)
    • Postal Workers: The Last Union (truthout)
    • Shock Doctrine at U.S. Postal Service: Is A Manufactured Crisis Behind Push to Privatize? (Democracy Now)
  • Place Index
    • Alabama
      • Sheffield AL
    • New York
      • Binghamton NY
      • Caledonia NY
      • Etna NY
      • Syracuse NY
    • North Carolina
      • Elizabeth City NC
      • Pinehurst NC
      • Raleigh NC
    • North Dakota
      • Douglas ND
    • Ohio
      • Akron OH
      • Bainbridge OH
      • Waterville OH
    • Oregon
      • Eugene OR
    • Pennsylvania
      • Athens PA
      • Calumet PA
      • Doylesburg PA
      • Gwynedd PA
      • York PA
    • South Carolina
      • Cheraw SC
    • Texas
      • Fort Worth TX
      • Leroy TX
    • Virginia
      • Danville VA
      • Star Tannery VA
    • Washington
      • Camus WA
      • Noosak WA
      • Redmond WA
    • West Virginia
      • Hacker Valley WV
    • Wyoming
      • Bairoil WY
      • Cora WY
      • Freedom WY
    • Arkansas
      • Boles AR
      • Fort Smith AR
    • California
      • Modesto CA
      • Newbury Park CA
      • Ukiah CA
      • Venice CA
      • Winchester CA
    • Connecticut
      • Danbury CT
      • Fairfield CT
      • Greenwich CT
      • Norwich CT
      • Tariffville CT
      • Westport CT
    • Florida
      • Palm Beach FL
      • Pass-a-Grille FL
      • West Palm Beach FL
    • Georgia
      • Canton GA
      • Irwinville GA
    • Illinois
      • Coatsburg IL
      • Geneva IL
      • Joliet IL
    • Iowa
      • Hartford IA
      • Plover IA
      • Thayer IA
    • Kansas
      • Home KS
      • Liebenthal KS
    • Maryland
      • Beallsville MD
      • Bethesda MD
      • Brownsville MD
      • Helen MD
    • Minnesota
      • Clements
      • Northfield MN
    • Nebraska
      • Lincoln NE
      • Rockville NE
    • New Jersey
      • Freehold NJ
      • Lakewood NJ
    • New Mexico
      • Holman NM
  • Topics
    • Big Picture
    • CBRE
    • Congressional Testimony
    • Emergency Suspensions
    • For sale
    • Historic Post Offices
    • History
    • Internet myth
    • Legislation
    • Mail industry
    • Media coverage
    • Modes of delivery
    • Moratorium on closings
    • NAPA/PB study
    • New Deal Post Offices
    • Plant consolidations
    • POStPlan
    • Post office closings
    • PRC cases
    • Post Office Stories
    • Privatization
    • Reports & studies
    • Saturday delivery
    • Secret market survey
    • Save Your Post Office
    • Village Post Office
    • Week in Review
    • Exigent Rate Increase
  • RAOI Advisory Opinion
    • PRC website docket
    • Docket summaries
      • PRC Docket No. N2011-1 and the Future of the Post Office
      • The USPS Requests an Advisory Opinion
      • Testimony of James J. Boldt for the USPS
      • PRC initiates the proceedings
      • Presiding Officer’s Information Request No. 1
      • Boldt's responses to Goldway's Information Request No. 1
      • Interrogatories of the Public Representative
      • Interrogatories of the Limited Participant and USPS Responses
      • Issues over the two documents under seal
      • NAPUS Interrogatories & Responses
      • APWU Interrogatories & Responses
      • Cross-exam of League of Postmasters
      • The Valpak Brief
      • The Postal Service Runs Amok: How not to close a post office
      • The Advisory Opinion: Transformative Moment or Bump in the Road
  • News & Blogs
    • burrusjournal
    • Courier, Express, And Postal Observer
    • Dead Tree Edition
    • Federal Times
    • Going Postal
    • Iowa Backroads
    • PostalMag
    • Postal Journal
    • Postal Employee Network
    • PEN Postal News
    • Postal News
    • Postal Newsgroup
    • Post Office Freak
    • Postal Reporter
    • PostalReporter News Blog
    • RuralInfo Postal News
    • 21st Century Postal Worker
  • Organizations
    • APWU
    • AUSPL
    • NALC
    • National League of Postmasters
    • NAPUS
    • NPMU
    • NRLC
    • PostCom
  • Government
    • Office of Inspector General
    • OIG Blog
    • Postal Regulatory Commission
    • USPS Newsroom
    • US Postal Service
  • Save Our P.O. Sites
    • Avalon, TX
    • Camak GA
    • Cheyney, PA
    • Cincinnati
    • Chimacum, WA
    • Cottondale, AL
    • East Village, Des Moines, IA
    • Goodyear Heights, Akron, OH
    • Hawleyville, CT
    • Healdsburg, CA
    • Holman, NM
    • Las Olas CA
    • Lititz, PA
    • Northfield, MN
    • Oreland, PA
    • Pensacola, FL
    • Penataquit Station
    • Raleigh, NC
    • Rhinecliff, NY
    • Sleepy Hollow, NY
    • Still Pond MD
    • Tariffville, CT
    • Ukiah, CA
    • Valley Station, KY
    • Venice, CA
    • West Virginia Post Offices
    • Westside Pavilion LA CA
    • Save Our Rural Arkansas Post Offices
  • Save the PO in the News
    • Downsize Means Destroy (NY Times)
    • Washington Post Profile
    • How the U.S. Postal Service Fell Apart (Time)
    • Ralph Nader: Time to Save the Post Office
    • Gothamist Interview
    • NYU Local Interview
    • 'Save the Post Office' Movement Defends 'the Human Side of Government' - Nation
    • 10 Remedies for an Ailing Postal Service - The Street
    • Chicago Postal Worker
    • Daily Kos
    • Google Maps Mania
    • Letter Writers Alliance
    • Liberation
    • Neue Zürcher Zeitung
    • NYU Professor Goes Postal - NY Intel
    • Nutty Professor Fights to Save USPS from 'Greedy Corporations' — The Blaze
    • One Man’s Efforts to Save the Post Office — NC Letter Carrrier Activist
    • USPS Cuts Loom (Huffington Post)
    • Tiny towns battle to keep their post offices
    • WWRL Interview
    • Post Office still vital for the masses (AJC op-ed)
    • Texas town fears the worst if post office closes (Star-Telegram)
    • Wrecking America's Postal Service — the people's voice.org

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 “When the post office is closed, the flag comes down. When the human side of government closes its doors, we’re all in trouble.”

— Jennings Randolph, U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1958-85