Americans Advocate Reduced Services to Help Postal Service

Americans Advocate Reduced Services to Help Postal Service: "When given a choice of three options for helping the U.S. Postal Service out of its financial difficulties, a majority of Americans prefer cutbacks in services -- such as ending Saturday mail delivery and closing post office branches -- to either government assistance or higher stamp prices."

Coupon shuffle in Cleveland area Sunday papers

Coupon shuffle in Cleveland area Sunday papers: "In a statement released to Channel 3 News, Valassis stated:
'Starting in February, the RedPlum coupon booklet will now be delivered in Cleveland through consumers' mailboxes along with their weekly grocery circulars and other savings and deals. By using direct mail, the RedPlum insert will now be able to reach almost twice as many Cleveland households as in the past. In these challenging economic times, it has never been more important to make these essential savings available to as many Clevelanders as possible so they can stretch the dollars in their wallets.'
-- Thomas Murray, Valassis Vice President and General Manager of the FSI"

Printers, ACMA Head Defend Five-Day Postal Delivery

Printers, ACMA Head Defend Five-Day Postal Delivery: "While many consumers and businesses were outraged at Postmaster General John E. Potter’s Jan. 28 appeal to Congress to let him reduce postal delivery, a few catalog industry watchers are supporting Potter."

Public to have say on Wilkes-Barre post office

Public to have say on post office | Wilkes-Barre News | The Times Leader: "A decision on the closing of the Wilkes-Barre Post Office facility won’t be made before June 1 and the public will have the opportunity to offer input at a hearing in April, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service."

Snow Keeps Mailman Away For Week

Snow Keeps Mailman Away For Week - Indiana News Story - WRTV Indianapolis: "Bloomington Postmaster Jim Mennel is advising customers that haven't received mail since last week to stop by the post office, where it's being held after about a foot of snow fell on the area Jan. 27-28.
Snow piles on curbs in some neighborhoods have kept delivery vehicles from reaching mailboxes, Mennel said."

Falling numbers are adding up to Postal Service cuts

Falling numbers are adding up to Postal Service cuts : Home: The Buffalo News These are difficult times for the 7,574 people who sort and deliver mail in Western New York. Bone-chilling temperatures, icy sidewalks and deep snowbanks are just part of the problem.

Netflix Considers Weekend Delivery While Post Office Contemplates Saturday Elimination

Netflix Considers Weekend Delivery While Post Office Contemplates Saturday Elimination | homemediamagazine.com: "Netflix has begun shipping DVD rentals from distribution centers on Saturdays in select regions despite warnings from the U.S. Postal Service that it may suspend weekend mail delivery in order to cut costs"

USPS In Financial Crisis, PMG Potter Tells Congress

PostalReporter.com Blog » USPS In Financial Crisis, PMG Potter Tells Congress: "PMG Jack Potter today told a U.S. Senate subcommittee that worsening conditions in the economy now point to a further 12-15 billion mailpiece decline and a net financial loss of $6 billion or more in FY 2009."

Postal Service seeks end to Saturday delivery

Postal Service seeks end to Saturday delivery requirement - Federal news, government operations, agency management, pay & benefits - FederalTimes.com: "Top U.S. Postal Service officials Wednesday afternoon are expected to ask legislators to remove the Saturday delivery requirement.
Sources say Postmaster General John Potter will make that request in his opening statement to a Senate subcommittee.

The Postal Service isn’t looking to immediately drop Saturday delivery; it will likely study the issue first. And it could take a lesser action, such as temporarily suspending Saturday delivery during periods of low mail volume."

Mail call

The Vicksburg Post > News > Mail call: "Swift changes have come in recent years to the ways people must send letters and packages to one another — affecting everything from pickup locations to lengths some locals must go to purchase postage stamps."