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Abington Postal Worker Charged With Stealing Cash Enclosed In Greeting Cards

Jamie Fletcher, 25, of Chew Avenue in Philadelphia, is charged with theft, receiving stolen property, and related offenses.

2013/04/25

Postal Workers Hold Rally In Old City To Gain Support For Continuation Of Saturday Mail Delivery

Postal worker from Philadelphia and surrounding counties held a rally at the B. Free Franklin Post Office in Old City on Sunday advocating that the U.S. Postal Service should continue Saturday delivery.

2013/03/24

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Postal Facility in SW Phila. Holds Anthrax Detection and Response Drill

Local, state, and federal emergency responders are among those participating in the drill at the postal service’s Philadelphia Mail Processing and Distribution Center, on Lindbergh Blvd. in Southwest Philadelphia.

2013/03/12

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When It Snows, Don’t Forget To Clear Your Mailbox

When the snow is falling, people are shoveling, PennDOT and New Jersey DOT are plowing, but you need to take steps to protect your mailbox, too, if you would like to receive your mail in the stormy weather.

2013/01/03

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US Postal Service Again Helps Ad Hoc Santas Turn Wishes Into Reality

The main post office, at 3000 Chestnut Street in West Philadelphia is the focal point of Operation Santa.

2012/11/26

How To Get A Letter From Santa

If you want a letter postmarked from the North Pole, your window of opportunity is still open, but not for long. This is something the US Postal Service offers every year. It allows holiday letters […]

2012/11/23

Two Area Postal Processing Centers To Close, Hundreds Of Jobs To Be Lost

Two of the region’s large mail processing centers will close: the Southeastern Pennsylvania Processing and Distribution Center on West Valley Road in Wayne, and the Reading Processing and Distribution Facility.

2012/02/23

US Postal Service To Close Several Area Mail Handling Centers

The U.S Postal Service hopes to avoid bankruptcy by making some major cuts. That means what you send could take much longer to get there. First class mail volumes have dropped.

2011/12/05

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US Postal Service Weighing Closure of Tredyffrin Mail Processing Facility

The US Postal Service says it is launching a study that could result in the closing of its mail processing center in Tredyffrin Township, which employs more than 725 workers, and the consolidation of those operations at a site in Southwest Philadelphia.

2011/09/15