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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Postal Service Will Continue Saturday Delivery

Despite an announcement earlier this year, the Post Office will continue its six-day delivery schedule.

Disappointed that you won’t be getting mail delivered on Saturdays?  Good news! The U.S. Postal Service has changed its mind. Or rather, Congress did it for them. In February, the Postal Service announced it would end most Saturday mail delivery as of Aug. 1. But, according to US News and World Report, Congress added language to its recently passed Continuing Resolution that prohibits the Postal Service from changing its service schedule.  A statement from the USPS Board of Governors said the Postal Service was “disappointed,” but would follow the law. The Board said it had hoped to save $2 billion by cutting Saturday service. Currently, the Postal Service loses $25 million per day, according to USNWR, and lost $16 billion last year.  “It …

CN

9:55 am on Friday, April 12, 2013

I would be fine with the USPS only delivering mail one day a week.   more ›

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Police Investigating Howard County Mail Thefts

Someone is stealing checks from outgoing mail and cashing them, said police.

  Howard County Police are advising residents to take precautions when placing checks in mailboxes after a string of mail thefts were reported in the county. Police have received seven reports of checks being stolen from their outgoing mail in Laurel and Clarksville. "In each case, a suspect looks for mailboxes with red flags up, indicating there is outgoing mail in the box to be picked up," stated police. "The suspect then steals checks from the outgoing mail, alters the payee's information and then goes to a branch of the victim's bank to cash the checks." Due to the recent thefts, police are encouraging residents to drop their checks at a local post office or inside a residential blue post office box. Police asked that residents who …

Kim Dixon

5:16 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013

its called bleaching they remove the payee name and in some cases the amount and insert whatever they want.   more ›

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