Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The U.S. Postal Service announced it will end Saturday mail delivery by Aug. 1. Speak out: How will this affect you?
Calling the six-days-per-week mail delivery business model “no longer sustainable,” the U.S. Postal Service Wednesday morning announced 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. This includes the Plainfield post office at 14855 S. Van Dyke Rd. According to the U.S. Postal Service, the reasons for nixing Saturday delivery have to do with continued economic struggles and the increasing use of the Internet for communications and bill paying by consumers. The U.S. Postal Service …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Snow and ice make mail delivery slow and dangerous, said Chuck Keeney, Romeoville postmaster/officer-in-charge.
This article was provided by the U.S. Postal Service: With a snow and ice expected to blanket the region during the next couple days, one seasonal tool is expected to make its return at homes and businesses – the shovel. To help letter carriers deliver mail, the Postal Service is asking customers to clear snow and ice from sidewalks, stairs and mailboxes. “Snow and ice make delivery dangerous and slow,” said Romeoville Postmaster/Officer-in-Charge Chuck Keeney. “Maintaining a clear path to the mail box – including steps, porches, walkways and street approach – will help letter carriers maintain consistent delivery service and help them get those cards and packages delivered in time for the holidays.” Customers receiving door delivery …
Saturday, January 21, 2012
The increase is a penny, bringing the price a first-class stamp to 45 cents.
After two-and-a-half years of steady prices, the cost of mailing a letter first class is set to increase Sunday to 45 cents. Forever stamps purchased before the 1-cent rate hike will still be valid after the weekend. If you have leftover 44-cent stamps, you can purchase a book of 1-cent stamps to make up the difference. Other mail rates are rising as well. Postcard stamps will jump in price to 32 cents from 29 cents. Mail to Mexico and Canada will cost 85 cents per stamp, up 5 cents. Other international mail will see the biggest hike: It will now cost $1.05 to send letters abroad, up from 98 cents. The price increase comes in the midst of significant financial troubles for the U.S. Postal Service as the volume of mail decreases. “The …
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Mailman Randy Kinley said he was given no reason why assignment was changed; he now delivers to all of downtown -- except Lockport Street.
For five years, Randy Kinley was the mail carrier for the businesses along Lockport Street. Rain, shine, snow or sleet, as the old postal carrier motto goes, Kinley was the guy who trooped door to door dropping off bills, delivering packages and picking up outgoing mail. You get to know people pretty well, he said, when you cross their threshold some 250 times in a calendar year. But change is an inevitable part of all jobs, as Kinley knows. After all, he's been a mail carrier for 26 years and his route change last week was not his first. Typically, though, there’s a reason behind it: someone’s retired, the town’s grown and more routes are needed, a new boss wants to try something new. Not this time. His new assignment has him delivering …
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Plainfield Area Chamber of Commerce
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Common Sense
3:19 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
An inscription on the James Farley Post Office in New York City reads: Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. I guess that was made before the postmen became unionized. more ›