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Postal Service backs down from plan to cut Saturday delivery
Associated PressThe U.S. Postal Service backed down from its plan to eliminate Saturday mail delivery because Congress barred it, officials said Wednesday. But its governing board said it’s not possible for the financially ailing agency to meet cost-cutting...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Local postal workers rally to keep Saturday delivery
julieg@herald-mail.comMore than 100 people attended a rally Sunday afternoon in downtown Hagerstown that a local branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers held to advocate maintaining six-day delivery of mail. In February, the postal service announced plans to cut...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Congress, Patrick R. Donahoe
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Village post office opens on Sharpsburg Pike
dona@herald-mail.comAt a time when the U.S. Postal Service is recommending cutting Saturday service, it is actually adding outlets for customers in the form of village post offices such as the one at May’s Service Center at 8708 Sharpsburg Pike, where a grand opening...Tags: Health Insurance, Pension and Welfare, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Larry Wellborn: Scaling back on postal services
The Postal Service has been in the news a lot lately, and for good reason. The Postal Service has lost billions of dollars while losing market share to electronic forms of communication. But this is not entirely the fault of the Post Office or the...Tags: Consumers, Employees, Pension and Welfare, Public Finance, Consumer Confidence
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Postal workers ignore cold, protest closing of Martinsburg processing plant
richardb@herald-mail.comAbout 50 area postal workers ignored Sunday afternoon’s windswept cold to protest plans by the U.S. Postal Service to close mail processing plants in Martinsburg and Cumberland, Md., and to end Saturday mail delivery. Postal union members from...Tags: Employees, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Career and Workplace, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Privatization
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7 out of 10 back plan to halt Saturday mail delivery, surveys show
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comDarrell Hall said that he thinks the federal government is “too stupid” to find other places to cut spending, which is why the U.S. Postal Service plans to cut out Saturday mail delivery. “I don’t agree with it but I understand it...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), FedEx Corporation, U.S. Postal Service, Financial and Business Services
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Postal Service to cut Saturday mail to trim costs
The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week, an apparent end-run around an unaccommodating Congress. The service expects the Saturday mail...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Retirement, U.S. Congress, Financial and Business Services, Politics
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USPS moves up closing of Martinsburg processing center
The U.S. Postal Service has moved up by one year the scheduled closing of a mail processing center in Martinsburg. The closure, which was scheduled for 2014, now will occur no later than late summer of this year. The Martinsburg operation will be...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Government Postal Delivery
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Oprah: Armstrong interview 'intense'
Associated Press"Emotional" doesn't come close to describing Lance Armstrong's conversation with Oprah Winfrey — an interview that included his confession about using performance-enhancing drugs to win seven Tour de France titles, Winfrey said Tuesday. She...Tags: World Anti-Doping Agency, CBS Corp., Crime, Law and Justice, Arbitration, Lance Armstrong
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Gary F. Breakall
janeth@herald-mail.comGary Breakall personified the best of small-town living. His devotion to family, church, community and work made a difference in the lives of many. Born and raised in Hancock, Gary was the third of six children. His parents, Oscar and Jesse Breakall,...Tags: Christianity, Hospitals and Clinics, Religion and Belief, Lung Cancer, Holidays
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What's Wrong With This Picture? - Nov. 26
Editor’s note: Each Monday, The Herald-Mail will highlight an infrastructure issue or other problem and will try to find out what is being done to fix or improve the situation. We will not tackle situations involving domestic disputes, or consumer...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), U.S. Postal Service
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W.Va. police seize 20 pounds of marijuana that was shipped to Inwood
Police seized a package containing about 20 pounds of marijuana Saturday that was shipped to Inwood, W.Va., from Arizona via the United States Postal Service, according to Berkeley County Magistrate Court records. Sheila Jean Stevens, 40, of 82 Preschool...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Drug Trafficking
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