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Hyde Park postal carrier refuses to deliver mail because of wasps

When she learned the letter carrier had posted a sign on the entrance to her building stating, “WASPS! No mail/package delivery,” she was furious and vowed to take on the post office on behalf of her tenants.

Spanberger, Virginia Lawmakers Issue Statement on Meeting with Postmaster General DeJoy to Discuss Postal Service Delays

Today’s meeting came after the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an audit report earlier this year assessing the effectiveness and operational impacts of the Richmond Regional Processing and Distribution Center (RPDC) in Sandston.

Pinback Buttons Stamps to Be Issued at Great American Stamp Show

The designs and slogans adorning buttons reflect the era and values of the time in which they were created, like any other piece of pop culture ephemera. In this way, pinback buttons become historical tools providing insight into the moods, sentiments and worldviews of people living in a particular time and place.

USPS Plan Cannot Be Delivered As PMG DeJoy Obstinately Claims

PMG DeJoy not only expresses total commitment to his plan but also dismisses other ideas that may work better and claims his critics do not want anything to change.  In other words, no one else is able to fix the USPS except the current postmaster general and no plan will work other than his.

Bad apples in the postal service – 07/11/24

Sentencing and arrests and other articles I found today about postal workers committing postal crimes.

Mail service and Congressional issues in the news – 07/11/24

Mail service and Congressional issues are in the news every day.  Below are the latest articles I found.

Fayetteville postal worker dies after spending hours in mail truck on 95-degree day

Her son, Deandre Johnson, said Wendy was riding in the back of a postal truck on a 95-degree day. Wendy worked as a supervisor and would sometimes help with deliveries. On this day, she began to have complications.

USPS mail thefts and robberies – 07/11/24

Postal worker robberies and other mail thefts are becoming a daily event. These are the ones I found today.

USPS Is in “Death Spiral” Unless These Changes Happen, Postmaster General Says

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is standing his ground and has no plans to hit the pause button on his Delivering for America (DFA) plan anytime soon.

USPS: Policies Set on Automatic Enrollment in New Postal Health Plan

OPM has issued guidance on automatic enrollment in the Postal Service Health Benefits program for 2025 if U.S. Postal Service employees and retirees currently covered by the FEHB do not specifically elect an insurance plan in that new program during the open season this fall.

New Jersey Senate passes bill prohibiting use of oversized shipping boxes

S226 would ‘prohibit any large online retailer or major retailer in the State of New Jersey from utilizing a shipping box to ship a product to a consumer that is greater than two times the volume of the product being shipped’.

Town honors retiring Center Postmaster Arellano

CENTER – In a ceremony that was held on June 25, at a Center Board of Trustee meeting, beloved recently retired United States Postmaster Paul Arellano received a plaque and was thanked by the town for his years of dedicated service.
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