Thursday, February 7, 2013
The U.S. Postal Service announced it will end Saturday mail delivery by Aug. 1. How will it affect you?
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Thursday, February 7
Calling the six-days-per-week mail delivery business model “no longer sustainable,” the U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday it will eliminate Saturday delivery of mail by Aug. 1. The plan to change delivery from six days a week to five would only affect first-class mail. Packages, mail-order medicines, priority and express mail would still be delivered on Saturdays, and local post offices will remain open for business Saturdays. According to the U.S. Postal Service, the reasons are continued economic struggles and the increasing use of the Internet for communications and bill paying by consumers. The U.S. Postal Service is also the only federal agency required to pre-fund health benefits for retirees, and those costs are escalating …
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Last summer, both the River Road and Warren Point Post Offices appeared on a list of North Jersey post office branches being considered for closure this year
Residents concerned about the proposed elimination of two post offices in Fair Lawn will meet Tuesday at the Radburn Post Office on Abbott Road to let their voices be heard. The public hearing begins at 6:30 p.m. A United States Postal Service representative will be present to respond to comments. In July, both the River Road and Warren Point Post Offices appeared on a list of 13 North Jersey postal branches being considered for permanent closure, as early as January 2012. If both the River Road and Warren Point Post Offices were shuttered, the Radburn Post Office on Abbott Road would serve as Fair Lawn’s lone post office. In September, the borough council passed a resolution opposing the proposed closures. “Post offices are the center of …
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
The last day to send First Class through USPS is today
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Want to mail something out from Fair Lawn in time for Christmas? The time to hit the post office is now! FedEx is offering a variety of shipping options throughout the week, and on Sunday, Dec. 25, is offering FedEx Same Day shipping. USPS also recommends using its Web site to print shipping labels and pay for postage or using one of their Automated Postal Centers, which, like ATMs, perform many of the same functions of a trip to the post office. And if you want to overnight something by Thursday, USPS Express Mail may cost a little more, but it may also get your gift to the right door at the right time.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Borough council passed a resolution Tuesday to oppose the proposed closing of two of Fair Lawn's three post offices
Council passed a resolution Tuesday opposing the proposed closure by the United States Postal Service of two post office branches in Fair Lawn. In July, both the River Road and Warren Point Post Offices appeared on a list of 13 North Jersey postal branches being considered for permanent closure, as early as January. If both the River Road and Warren Point Post Offices are shuttered, the Radburn Post Office on Abbott Road, would serve as Fair Lawn’s lone post office. Tuesday’s council resolution, which passed 4-to-1, recognizes, “the contribution local post offices provide to the residents and businesses in the area which they serve," and goes on to formally "protest against any action which would force the closure of these two post offices…
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Local residents and business owners agree that losing the post offices on Broadway and River Road would hurt the community
Tommy P
8:09 pm on Friday, March 23, 2012
The reason the post office is in so much financial trouble is a combination of people demanding services that are not revenue justified and employees that have civil service "protection". They should cancel this outreach bs and just place sign on the door with directions to the nearest location. more ›