post office: The Votes Are In: Arizona City To Have Street Delivery! - 10/11/08 05:32 PM
The Votes are in and the the US Postal Service has announced residents of Arizona City will receive home mail delivery!
Last Monday all votes for Arizona City street delivery of USPS mail were tallied and the votes for home delivery won 961 to 714. You can view my previous post
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post office: Neither Rain, nor sleet nor snow. The United States Post Office Delivers. - 09/26/08 11:07 AM
We live in a small, rural Texas town. Nice distance to and from Houston, Dallas and Austin.
Ike was coming. Here come the relatives from Houston to stay out of the storms path.
We are sitting in the living room visting and the lights go out. Then the rains starts, the wind
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post office: Still standing and still lovely! Old Searcy AR post office on Arch Street. - 09/17/08 09:21 AM
This old building dates back to WWI, according to Dr. Ray Muncy's book called "Searcy Arkansas, A Frontier Town Grows Up With America." He reports that the Federal Government gave approval for this building as a Post Office when post office buildings were rare in small towns.
Most communities with a
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post office: Mr. Postman, Bring me a letter- so I can sing in the Rain & Dance under the stars! - 09/16/08 07:12 AM
Aiken, South Carolina is a small Southern Town with a lot of history. One of my good friends, Louise, is in her early 90's and remembers a time when the streets were filled with big screen icons and tabloid headliners. In the 1930's and 40's, The Aiken Post Office steps were
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post office: Big Family; Small World - 09/10/08 07:00 PM
I took a listing with "issues" towards the end of January. The home was moderate, cute and almost new in a subdivision of older homes. The home could have probably brought $10K to $12K more if it were in the newer subdivision a field and a creek away. Fortunately, the
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post office: AZ City Residents: VOTE YES to Street Delivery - 09/08/08 04:20 PM
Arizona City Mail
Those
of you living in Arizona
City will understand what this post is all about.
Arizona City
does not get street delivery with the post office for mail.
Every day, except Sunday, those of us that reside in Arizona
City have to go to the post office
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post office: Information on Marina Del Rey, CA (Geography,Population & Post Office) - 09/03/08 02:00 PM
What prompted me to give our readers more information about the Marina was the fact that I wrote about restaurants and was about the write about the Grocerie Stores. I am sure the readers were wondering how large is the Marina population? What are the Geographic Boundaries. Why are there so
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post office: Spencer County Indiana Phone Numbers - 09/02/08 02:41 PM
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Assessor - (812) 649-2381
Auditor - (812) 649-4376
Child Protection Service - (812) 649-9111
Emergency Management - (812) 649-6020
Clerk - (812) 649-6027
Coroner - (812) 649-2286
Dept. Of Public Welfare - (812) 649-9111
Health Department - (812) 649-4441
Highway Garage - (812) 362-8331
Judge - (812) 649-6025
Purdue Extension -
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post office: Polaris Area - Columbus Ohio 43240 - 08/18/08 08:01 PM
I was wondering where the Polaris Area Post Office was recently...
I was at the Wendy's at Polaris (map) when I noticed a post office across the street. I took a couple of photos of the Post Office... because it was kind of puzzling to me... that it was there
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post office: U.S. Postal Brainiacs make me want to GO POSTAL!! - 07/28/08 06:28 PM
Okay, this is one of those "venting" blogs! Had a closing on a house today in a well established neighborhood. This particular house has had a designated E911 address for over two years. Buyers were posting their address change at their local post office in Michigan and were told by the postal
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post office: Show it to your kids and see if they know what it is. - 07/11/08 10:12 AM
I was taking a little deserved chair-type nap in the living room of my daughter's house when I heard this strange noise that awakened me. Clunk! Something fell on the floor!
It sounded as if it came from the front door. There on the floor was her mail! It had
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post office: Sugar Land, TX & Richmond, TX Zip Code Changes - 06/10/08 10:14 AM
The growth of Sugar Land and Richmond Texas has caused the United States Postal Service to change zip codes to "better serve" the cities. As if "better service" is even in the postal vocabulary. The problems and expense this will cause home owners and businesses will make them all
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post office: Fly Me to the Moon-The Frank Sinatra Stamp is here! - 05/19/08 11:50 AM
I went to the Post Office today and got a chance to stroll down memory lane. I went to buy stamps for a promotional mailing and there, in all of his blue-eyed handsomeness was the The Chairman of the Board! When I was growing up in South Philadelphia, Sinatra was always
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post office: Buy the "Forever Stamp" By May 12, 2008 to Remain Immune to Rising Postal Rates! - 05/09/08 10:13 AM
With postage rates rising again (see our previous blog, Stamps Go Up Another Penny, on the new rates!), the U.S. Post Office has devised a clever solution for those who wish to remain immune, at least temporarily, to the rising rates.
The solution: The Forever Stamp
Being sold until May 12, 2008,
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post office: Stamps Go Up Another Penny on May 12, 2008! And Have You Heard About the New "Forever Stamp"? - 05/09/08 10:12 AM
The United States Post Office has done it again! Postage rates once again go up on Monday, May 12, 2008.
Make a note that as of Monday, May 12, the new postage rates will be:
First-class letter (1 oz.) - 42¢First-class letter (2 oz.) - 59¢Postcard - 27¢First-class mail, large
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post office: Tax Deadline - 04/15/08 12:16 PM
Here we are April 15th already. This day is a much dreaded day for many of us procrastinators. Many of us scramble on this day to file our automatic extension with the IRS. I hope I can be of some help. The following post office is taking mail until 11:59 pm.
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post office: LAKE ARROWHEAD - DON'T PLANT UNTIL AFTER MOTHERS DAY - 03/30/08 08:52 PM
When my husband and I moved to Lake Arrowhead 10 years ago, we brought with us a lifetime of down the hill (DTH) perceptions. "Down the Hill". That's what we call anywhere off the mountain, be it San Bernardino, Los Angeles, San Diego, well you get the idea. We truly love it
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post office: Forever is it?... - 03/29/08 10:30 AM
Just a friendly reminder that if you buy now you WILL save very soon! In May the postage stamp will increase another cent!Be smart... Buy the forever stamp now and save later.The U.S. Postal service will raise the price now and continue to review stamp prices every year thereafter. Another thought.... get that big mailing
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post office: Identity Theft - What you can do... - 03/28/08 09:48 AM
An old topic, but worth repeating. This information comes directly from the US Postal Service. Century 21 used to have their own brochures on Identity Theft which we used to give out and it worked well -- now the Post Office is giving them out. Shredders make nice gifts.... What is identity
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post office: Putnam to Attend Post Office Dedication - 03/17/08 05:34 PM
POINCIANA (PHN) | After a delay caused by federal funding being redirected to Hurricane Katrina victims, Poinciana is finally seeing the first stages of its soon to be upgraded post office. The new, 7,270-square-foot post office will be located behind the Publix supermarket on Cypress Parkway in the area known as
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post office: The BEST People in the World! - 03/08/08 10:22 PM
Hi y’all! I’ve been hanging around Active Rain for awhile now- reading and learning and observing and sometimes laughing! I didn’t want to jump on the blogging bandwagon for fear of having to constantly come up with something interesting and worthwhile to say. I have been so blessed by the
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post office: Postage Costs to increase! - 02/12/08 04:37 PM
Mailing a letter with the United States Post Office will soon cost a penny more. The cost of a first-class stamp will rise to 42 cents starting May 12, according to the United States Postal Service. The price of the Forever stamp will go up at the same time, meaning those stamps can
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post office: Huffman TX Post Office | Passports Post Office | Passport Help and Application - 12/26/07 03:04 PM
Have you tried going to the post office to submit your paperwork for a passport? I recently had a great experience getting our passport for our daughter for an upcoming Carribbean cruise. We needed a passport photo so we went to the local Walgreens at the corner of W. Lake Houston
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post office: Bulk Mailing For 2008? - 12/20/07 08:44 PM
Hello All! Does anyone do Bulk Mailing? My company has set up a bulk mailing account with the post office. This should save me a huge discount on mailings! I will have to mail a minimum of 200 mail pieces out, and I will use the ink stamp at my office(as opposed to using
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post office: Tis The Season For Customer Service - 12/08/07 02:03 PM
I had two opposite experiences with customer service today.
Experience #1
I walked into the ever-busy Quincy, MA Post Office today. There are two lines in this post office. One for the USPS Store and one for the tellers. It is a little known secret that you can mail packages from
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post office: Quail Creek Properties for Sale - 09/19/07 01:23 PM
Quail Creek Condos are located at Idaho Rd and Superstition. This complex offers a community pool and spa, laundry room, office, HOA includes so much - you just pay for electric and phone and much more. It is nicely located close to hiking, boating, camping and close enough to the Hwy
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post office: Quail Creek Listing, Apache Jucntion - 08/08/07 04:08 PM
Located on Idaho Rd/Superstition Quail Creek Condo - this unit is on the second floor and is offered completely furnished. It was built in 1993 with 870 square feet, 2 bedrooms and 1.5 baths. This complex offers a community pool and spa. This is an end unit with a separate storage shed,
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post office: New Zip Code for large portion of the Central City - 06/21/07 08:02 PM
Looks like a good portion of the Central City will be getting a new zip code starting July 1st. It seems to cover the railyards, the west side of the R Street corridor and the Midtown Arts and Entertainment areas. Starting July 1st my office will now be in the 95811.
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post office: My 110th POST - 05/24/07 09:06 PM
Since you yahoos like to celebrate the 10th, 25th, 50th, 100th, etc..post. I will join the 200 point shameless hoopla and celebrate my 110th blog. This is a picture of the Post Office, which was built to serve Ann Guy during her "early years" when they had no postal service other than stagecoach
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post office: Postage Rates - 05/15/07 11:54 AM
Just a friendly reminder to everyone to stop by your local post office to pick up those .02 stamps to pair up with your old stamps. The rate change is effective 5/14/07...so don't let your letters, cards, and of course, bills get returned to you for insufficient postage. And if you REALLY
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post office: Forever Stamp Silliness - 05/14/07 06:38 AM
Today is the day that the forever stamp comes out in your local Post Office. I need to question the theory of buying these things by the horde though. They are trying to get us to spend now on enough stamps to mail for eternity. This is a fundamentally good idea
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post office: New USPS Postage Rates, Effective May 14, 2007 - 04/30/07 01:55 PM
Effective May 14th, the price for a First Class Letter will go from 39 cents to 41 cents. There will also be rate increases for other postage classes, including periodicals and domestic and international mailing services. Also new standards will be established. For first class postage, this means that rates will
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post office: ONE LESS HASSLE - 07/18/06 07:15 AM
Getting ready to go on vacation or actually moving? Remind your customers that they can hold mail or change address online at www.usps.com. This is a FREE service. You can hold mail and have it delivered all at once or pick it up at the post office. You can request that
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