U.S. Postal Service
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PublishedMarch 6, 2024
Betty Ford forever postage stamp is unveiled at the White House
The stamp will be available starting April 5.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2024
Scarborough retirement community went 10 days without postal service, residents say
More than 300 residences went without mail, delaying the receipt of prescription medications, tax documents and more. A Postal Service spokesperson disputed the length of the delay.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2024
Hampden mail processing facility will stay open after Postal Service review
The federal agency told a major employees union in a letter last week that the facility in Hampden 'will remain open and will be modernized.'
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PublishedNovember 30, 2023
Sen. Collins cautions Postal Service about consolidating Maine’s 2 mail processing facilities
Maine's senior senator sent a letter to the postmaster general Thursday expressing concern about a proposal to close the Hampden facility and merge it with the Scarborough one. A postal service spokesman, however, said there is no talk of closing facilities.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2023
A rural post office was told to prioritize Amazon packages. Chaos ensued.
Amazon has increasingly come to rely on postal carriers to make 'last-mile' deliveries in harder-to-reach rural locations.
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PublishedApril 18, 2023
Supreme Court case tests religious tolerance on Sunday work
The justices struggled with the question of when employers have to accommodate employees' religious needs.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2023
South Portland mail carrier charged in dark web drug trafficking case
New York prosecutors say Katie Montgomery offered FireBunnyUSA advice as it shipped illegal drugs through the postal service.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2023
Maine Voices: The mail carrier is an infrequent visitor to our house these days
If we had electricity only one day a week, I’m sure Congress would do something about it. Who’s looking into the fiasco created by the postmaster general?
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PublishedDecember 20, 2022
Our View: Let’s be there – again – for our besieged letter carriers
For successive years now, cries for help from the people who keep the United States Postal Service going have been ignored.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2022
‘Extreme’ delays plague mail delivery during busiest week of year, union says
Some customers, according to the union, are now going five or six days without regular mail service – as the holidays send delivery volumes to their peak.
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