Packages and mail may be delivered at night this holiday season

"...U.S. Postal Service is looking to hire about 28,000 seasonal workers and is installing 137 new package sorting machines in an effort to avoid shipping delays.  But postal worker representatives say Americans could see after-dark or even nighttime deliveries over the holidays...Lawmakers have been trying to implement reform within the mailing agency amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns. ...'We need to make sure that the Postal Service is reliable and that people are on deck doing their jobs.'"    

This Article is From: www.cbsnews.com

Owney the Postal Dog | National Postal Museum

"Owney was a scruffy mutt who became a regular fixture at the Albany, New York, post office in 1888. His owner was likely a postal clerk who let the dog walk him to work. Owney was attracted to the texture or scent of the mailbags and when his master moved away, Owney stayed with his new mail clerk friends. He soon began to follow mailbags, first onto mail wagons and then mail trains. Owney began to ride with the bags on Railway Mail Service (RMS) trains across the state . . . and then the country! The Railway Mail Service clerks adopted Owney as their unofficial mascot. Postal workers and others began to mark Owney’s travels by placing..."    

This Article is From: postalmuseum.si.edu

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