Saturday, November 27, 2021

U.S. post office has worst year for mail delays in a century

"...there isn’t a mail distribution center in Huntsville. some real concerns about how their Post Office has been run by the management, and I think there’s some problems that overtime we have developed in the system where we really can’t get at the root of the problem,” Aderholt, a Republican, said. Alabama’s U.S. Postal Service..."    


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Alabama: Huntsville porch pirates, vandals causing concern in neighborhood

"...we’ve had boxes taken from our house and found in our neighbor’s yard. Fortunately they left the items in the box. Then later our mail was taken out of the mailbox and two packages taken off our front porch.”..."    


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Postal worker killed on route; ex-neighbor confesses, cites poisoning

"...Kortz told authorities that he and Vignone were once neighbors and that he believes Vignone and his family poisoned Kortz and his family with cyanide. Kortz said he found Vignone on his mail route and stopped his van in front of Vignone’s USPS vehicle, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Kortz then said he “went to put some bullets in him.” ..."    


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Questions about Charlottesville area USPS management and staffing remain unanswered

"...When asked 15 specific questions about leadership changes U.S. Sen. Mark Warner announced earlier this month, a spokesperson for USPS responded only with a generic statement about the agency and vague statements about the Charlottesville area, but did not answer the questions. ..."    


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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Man who picked up parcel with drugs planned to distribute

"...arrested after he was seen picking up a mailed parcel containing methamphetamine said he had planned to smoke the drug and “make a little bit of money,” a police officer testified Friday. In a statement to police two days after he was arrested Nov. 3, Peter Kamalii said a friend had told him the box would be arriving..."    


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Postal Service Operation Santa Registration is Now Open - Sign Up in the Next Two Weeks to Adopt a Letter

"...To register, anyone wanting to adopt a letter should visit USPSOperationSanta.com, click on the registration link and follow the prompts. For security reasons, all prospective adopters must be vetted through a short registration and ID verification process before they can participate. If someone has adopted letters in the past, they must still be verified each year. If for some reason potential adopters are unable to verify their identity online, they can..."    


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Elderly man rescued after postal carrier concerned he hadn’t picked up mail in days

"...An elderly man was rescued from his Hudson residence on November 15 after the Hudson Police Department received a call from the United States Postal Service. One of their postal carriers was concerned that he had not picked up his mail in over three days...."    


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Renowned Minnesota Native artist George Morrison to be honored with new stamp

"...Celebrated Minnesota artist George Morrison — who was born in a Native American fishing village along the North Shore of Lake Superior in 1919, but whose art career took him around the world — will be featured on a new stamp to be released next year by the U.S. Postal Service...."    


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USPS lifts press sheet limit for subscribers only

"...There were some definite ups and downs for the United States Postal Service in again offering press sheets without die cuts this year. Most of these press sheets sold out very quickly, leaving many collectors with holes in their collections..."    


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This year at USPS: Mail slowdowns, big executive bonuses for DeJoy and others

"...The U.S. Postal Service paid its top executives more in bonuses and perks this past year than in a decade, adding up to...The typical annual pay for all postal service employees, meanwhile, was $51,150 in 2020 ..."    


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PMG Louis DeJoy Shrinks US Postal Service Loss by 47% in Fiscal Year to $4.9 Billion

"..."The Postal Service has made network infrastructure investments, such as the installation of new package processing equipment, and has increased its leased space and workforce, to meet customers' evolving needs ahead of the 2021 holiday season and beyond."..."    


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Louis DeJoy on why he’s slowing mail and raising prices at the USPS: “We have no money”

"...Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says this holiday season won’t be a repeat of last year’s, when — due to a pandemic-fueled ..."    


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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

How Much Do Postal Workers Get Paid When They Retire

"...As an example of USPS retirement under CSRS, a postal worker with a high-3 average of around $60,000 and 20 years of service earns $1,824 a month without any deductions. That equals about $22,000 annually. A worker with the same salary and 40 years of service earns $3,837 monthly, or about $46,000 annually. ..."    


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Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Audit of Baltimore-area post offices uncovers 1M pieces of delayed mail, inaccurate reporting, improper scanning

"...In addition, since October 2019, missing mail inquiries for the Baltimore region has been above the national average. Baltimore ranked second among other major metropolitan areas for the highest number of missing mail requests with more than three times the national average..."    


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