POSTAL UPDATES
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Nov 3, 2022, 11:30 AM
Two members of Congress hope to serve on USPS board of governors
by Bill McAllisterRep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., are hoping to replace two appointees of former President Donald Trump. -
Oct 28, 2022, 13:00 PM
Postmark for California’s Arboga Assembly Center memorial site
by Molly GoadThe Arboga Assembly Center is designated as a California State Historical Landmark. -
Oct 18, 2022, 14:00 PM
Delaware’s Apple Scrapple Festival going strong after 30 years
by Molly GoadThe Apple Scrapple Festival has grown from 2,500 attendees in 1992 to more than 20,000 today. -
Oct 11, 2022, 13:00 PM
Federal judge says DeJoy’s actions hurt mail service
by Bill McAllisterThe 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. -
Oct 10, 2022, 15:46 PM
Forever stamp to cost 63¢ beginning Jan. 22
by Bill McAllisterThe increases, which were announced Oct. 7 by the USPS, are subject to approval by the Postal Regulatory Commission. -
Oct 7, 2022, 12:30 PM
USPS inspector general’s report hides identities of poorly performing postal facilities
by Bill McAllisterWhen 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. -
Oct 6, 2022, 12:00 PM
Cherished cartoon beagle on postmark from Hadley, Mass.
by Molly GoadCharles M. Schulz’s Snoopy from the Peanuts gang has smiled his way onto a pictorial postmark from Hadley, Mass. -
Sep 30, 2022, 12:00 PM
Print ‘Postal Bulletin’ being streamlined to save printing costs
by Bill McAllisterThe mission of the publication is “to itemize and explain” postal services and their locations “throughout the country,” according to the USPS. -
Sep 26, 2022, 11:00 AM
APWU says Louis DeJoy should resign or be removed
by Bill McAllisterThe American Postal Workers Union’s vote on the anti-DeJoy resolution “overwhelmingly passed” at its biennial convention held Aug. 15-18. -
Sep 22, 2022, 13:00 PM
USPS sends donations to dead letter office
by Bill McAllisterPostal 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. -
Sep 20, 2022, 12:00 PM
Massive shrinkage of USPS postal police force prompts hearing in Philadelphia
by Bill McAllisterThe 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. -
Sep 20, 2022, 11:57 AM
Operation Santa launches six weeks early
by Bill McAllisterLetters to Santa must be postmarked by Dec. 12. Dec. 21 is the last day to adopt letters. -
Sep 18, 2022, 12:00 PM
Picturesque Essex County, N.Y. town turns 200
by Molly GoadThe town was officially named “Wilmington” by the state legislature on March 22, 1822. -
Sep 8, 2022, 09:34 AM
Oklahoma City letter carrier marks 66 years with USPS
by Bill McAllisterBell became a carrier in 1956, and he has spent his entire postal career in Oklahoma City. -
Sep 1, 2022, 11:30 AM
USPS outlines plans for new sorting and delivery centers
by Bill McAllisterPostmaster General Louis Dejoy’s delivering for America plan calls for the creation of sorting and delivery centers to speed up mail delivery. -
Aug 31, 2022, 13:00 PM
Alaska State Fair postmark for Aug. 19 opening day
by Jay BigalkeThe Palmer, Alaska, postmark is sponsored by the Anchorage Philatelic Society. -
Aug 26, 2022, 14:00 PM
President Biden signs law for postal truck funding
by Bill McAllisterThe Inflation Reduction Act authorizes a $3 billion federal payment to the USPS for the purchase of zero-emission delivery vehicles and charging infrastructure. -
Aug 26, 2022, 08:30 AM
Tiny post office in Virginia at center of racial controversy
by Bill McAllisterThe 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. -
Aug 23, 2022, 12:30 PM
PMG DeJoy makes USPS workspaces a priority
by Bill McAllisterA better workplace is a key element in DeJoy’s 10-year Delivering for America plan. -
Aug 22, 2022, 13:00 PM
Blueberry bucket headlines Machias, Maine, postmark
by Molly GoadThe postmark image came from the local T-shirt design contest.
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