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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: Public Finance, Prices, Politics, Economic Indicator, U.S. Congress
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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: Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Politics, Employees, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Privatization
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All you need is "LOVE'
By Rebecca Massie Lane Special to The Herald-Mail It's Valentine's season and time for love, flowers, diamonds, and art to merge. Robert Indiana's iconic "LOVE" was originally designed as a Christmas card commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art in...Tags: Fine Arts, New York City, Wars and Interventions, Arts and Culture, Sculpture
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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: FedEx Corporation, Newspaper and Magazine, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Government Postal Delivery, Mail Order Industry
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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: Politics, Health Insurance Cost, Health and Safety at Work, Retirement, Weather
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Mail Call - Jan. 28
“The most memorable answer I ever read from Dear Abby was in response to the woman who wanted to go to law school, but hesitated because she would be 50 by the time she finished. Dear Abby wrote, ‘And how old will you be if you don’t go?...Tags: Social Security, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Politics, China, Brownsville
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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: Government Postal Delivery, Mail Order Industry
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Gary F. Breakall, 75
Gary Francis Breakall, 75, of Hancock, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at his home. Born March 27, 1937, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Oscar Andrew and Jesse Stotler Breakall, and husband of Shirley M. Hawbaker Breakall, whom he married June 20, 1954...Tags: Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Bradley, Christianity, Mundelein, Religion and Belief
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Joseph L. Hovermale, 71
Joseph Leon Hovermale, 71, of Clear Spring, went to be with his Lord on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center, with his loving and devoted wife at his side. Joe was born Aug. 18, 1941, in Big Pool, Md., to the late Dorothy Pauline Kline...
Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, U.S. Army, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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The journey to under the tree
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comChances are that those presents under your Christmas tree traveled a long way to get there. And chances are, whether they came from a local retailer or were bought online, they passed through a “hub” and a distribution center at a shipping...Tags: Hunt Valley, FedEx Corporation, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Walmart
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George F. Shinham, 88
Angels came Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, and carried George Fiery Shinham to his heavenly home. Born Feb. 23, 1924, in Clear Spring, Md., he was the son of the late Ralph and Anna Margaret Fiery-Shinham. He was formerly of Cearfoss Pike and a resident of...
Tags: Ellicott City, U.S. Army, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, Christianity
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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), Mail Order Industry
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