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    Nov 3, 2022, 11:30 AM

    Two members of Congress hope to serve on USPS board of governors

    by Bill McAllister
    Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., are hoping to replace two appointees of former President Donald Trump.

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    Oct 28, 2022, 13:00 PM

    Postmark for California’s Arboga Assembly Center memorial site

    by Molly Goad
    The Arboga Assembly Center is designated as a California State Historical Landmark.

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    Oct 18, 2022, 14:00 PM

    Delaware’s Apple Scrapple Festival going strong after 30 years

    by Molly Goad
    The Apple Scrapple Festival has grown from 2,500 attendees in 1992 to more than 20,000 today.

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    Oct 11, 2022, 13:00 PM

    Federal judge says DeJoy’s actions hurt mail service

    by Bill McAllister
    The judge rejected many of the Postal Service’s arguments, including a claim that DeJoy’s changes did not hamper the flow of 2020 election mail.

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    Oct 10, 2022, 15:46 PM

    Forever stamp to cost 63¢ beginning Jan. 22

    by Bill McAllister
    The increases, which were announced Oct. 7 by the USPS, are subject to approval by the Postal Regulatory Commission.

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    Oct 7, 2022, 12:30 PM

    USPS inspector general’s report hides identities of poorly performing postal facilities

    by Bill McAllister
    When Linn’s Stamp News asked why the names of all the studied facilities were deleted, the inspector general’s media relations office said to file a Freedom of Information Act request.

  • hadley-massachusetts-snoopy-charles-schulz-postmark
    Oct 6, 2022, 12:00 PM

    Cherished cartoon beagle on postmark from Hadley, Mass.

    by Molly Goad
    Charles M. Schulz’s Snoopy from the Peanuts gang has smiled his way onto a pictorial postmark from Hadley, Mass.

  • united-states-postal-service-postal-bulletin
    Sep 30, 2022, 12:00 PM

    Print ‘Postal Bulletin’ being streamlined to save printing costs

    by Bill McAllister
    The mission of the publication is “to itemize and explain” postal services and their locations “throughout the country,” according to the USPS.

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    Sep 26, 2022, 11:00 AM

    APWU says Louis DeJoy should resign or be removed

    by Bill McAllister
    The American Postal Workers Union’s vote on the anti-DeJoy resolution “overwhelmingly passed” at its biennial convention held Aug. 15-18.

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    Sep 22, 2022, 13:00 PM

    USPS sends donations to dead letter office

    by Bill McAllister
    Postal clerks had sent the returns from the mailing to a dead letter facility in Atlanta, where the donations were either destroyed or returned to the senders.

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    Sep 20, 2022, 12:00 PM

    Massive shrinkage of USPS postal police force prompts hearing in Philadelphia

    by Bill McAllister
    The Postal Inspection Service issued a statement Sept. 8 rejecting the charges that it had limited the duties of the uniformed postal police force and reduced the size of the force.

  • usps-operation-santa
    Sep 20, 2022, 11:57 AM

    Operation Santa launches six weeks early

    by Bill McAllister
    Letters to Santa must be postmarked by Dec. 12. Dec. 21 is the last day to adopt letters.

  • wilmington-new-york-bicentennial-postmark
    Sep 18, 2022, 12:00 PM

    Picturesque Essex County, N.Y. town turns 200

    by Molly Goad
    The town was officially named “Wilmington” by the state legislature on March 22, 1822.

  • johnnie-bell-66-years-united-states-postal-service
    Sep 8, 2022, 09:34 AM

    Oklahoma City letter carrier marks 66 years with USPS

    by Bill McAllister
    Bell became a carrier in 1956, and he has spent his entire postal career in Oklahoma City.

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    Sep 1, 2022, 11:30 AM

    USPS outlines plans for new sorting and delivery centers

    by Bill McAllister
    Postmaster General Louis Dejoy’s delivering for America plan calls for the creation of sorting and delivery centers to speed up mail delivery.

  • alaska-state-fair-pictorial-cancel
    Aug 31, 2022, 13:00 PM

    Alaska State Fair postmark for Aug. 19 opening day

    by Jay Bigalke
    The Palmer, Alaska, postmark is sponsored by the Anchorage Philatelic Society.

  • new-usps-mail-truck
    Aug 26, 2022, 14:00 PM

    President Biden signs law for postal truck funding

    by Bill McAllister
    The Inflation Reduction Act authorizes a $3 billion federal payment to the USPS for the purchase of zero-emission delivery vehicles and charging infrastructure.

  • montpelier-station-post-office-james-madison-virginia
    Aug 26, 2022, 08:30 AM

    Tiny post office in Virginia at center of racial controversy

    by Bill McAllister
    The furor is all about the Montpelier Station, a train depot that sits next to the Montpelier estate of James Madison, the nation’s fourth president.

  • united-states-postal-service-logo
    Aug 23, 2022, 12:30 PM

    PMG DeJoy makes USPS workspaces a priority

    by Bill McAllister
    A better workplace is a key element in DeJoy’s 10-year Delivering for America plan.

  • machias-maine-wild-blueberry-festival-postmark
    Aug 22, 2022, 13:00 PM

    Blueberry bucket headlines Machias, Maine, postmark

    by Molly Goad
    The postmark image came from the local T-shirt design contest.

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