Wednesday, February 6, 2013
We want to know: How will the Post Office's latest announcement affect you and your business?
The U.S. Postal Service Wednesday morning announced it will eliminate Saturday delivery of mail by Aug. 1. The current six-days-per-week mail delivery business model is “no longer sustainable,” according to the U.S. Postal Service. Continued economic struggles and the increasing use of the Internet for communications and bill paying by consumers are among the key factors that lead to the decision. Saturday is also the lightest mail day of the week. “We must change in order to remain an integral part of the American community for decades to come,” reads a message on the U.S. Postal Service website. The majority American’s don’t seem to mind whether they get Saturday mail delivered or not. A Rasmussen poll on mail delivery in 2012 showed “…
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Want those cards and packages to arrive in time for Christmas? Find out the drop-dead dates from the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx and UPS.
If you want Santa Claus to arrive on time with holiday packages to military, international or U.S. destinations, the U.S. Postal Service has announced the dates those packages must be in the mail. So has FedEx and UPS. (For instant news updates follow Patch on Facebook and Twitter.) Here's what you need to know to get your packages to their destinations on time. Post Office Locations In the Manchester and Town and Country area, there are U.S. post offices at 14373 Manchester Road in Manchester and at 1100 Town and Country Commons in Town and Country. Postal Service Shipping Deadlines Military Shipping Deadlines* Parcel Post service to all APO/FPO/DPO addresses was Nov. 13. Priority and First Class Mail must be sent by Dec. 3 to APO/FPO/DPO…
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Is there a solution to the declining revenues of the U.S. Postal Service. Is it an agency that still is viable?
People tend to have strong opinions of the post office, or more properly, the United States Postal Service. From crabby clerks in the post offices themselves, to the love expressed for the individual letter carrier, there are strong feelings for the agency called on to carry the nation's mail. There has been discussion of dropping one day of mail delivery as the Postal Service struggles to cope with declining revenue from the services it provides. Email has all but replaced regular letter writing, leading fewer people to buy postage stamps, which always seem to inch up in price. There has even been talk locally of closing post offices such as the one in Maplewood. Missouri U.S. Sens. Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill have sponsored …
Thursday, May 31, 2012
If you receive an email about a package delivery or online postage charges, do not open it. It appears to be from the post office, but it is a scam than can infect your computer.
The U.S. Postal Service and Town and Country Police Department are warning residents there is an email scam underway and anyone who receives one of the emails should delete it immediately. The post office sent out the alert in an email stating that some postal customers are receiving bogus e-mails about a package delivery or online postage charges. Customers should not open the email. It contains a link or attachment that will install a virus on your computer once opened. The viruns can steal your personal information. This warning applies to anyone who receives the email, not just local residents. For more details on the scam, read the following email alert posted by the U.S. Postal Service. Some postal customers are receiving bogus e-…
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Town and Country City Hall and Police Department
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Monday, December 12, 2011
See our roundup so your gifts arrive in time for your loved ones to unwrap on Christmas.
It doesn't matter how great your Christmas gift is if it doesn't arrive on Christmas. Check out our guide to shipping gifts below. However, be sure to call the closest location or check the respective websites for specific shipment dates and prices. FedEx You can ship domestically through Christmas Day using same-day service, FedEx's website states. Check the website for specific international shipments. FedEx also offers packaging services. The closest FedEx Office Print & Ship Centers are located in 1012 Town & Country Crossing, where the phone number is 636 527-8904 and at 14834 Manchester Rd. in Ballwin. That number is 636 391-4801. United States Postal Service Domestic express mail must be shipped by Dec. 22, the U.S. Postal Service's…
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United States Postal Service
1015 Grupp Rd, Saint Louis, MO
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The UPS Store
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Manchester aldermen pass the 2012 budget, the city administrator resigns and the post office will remain open.
At Monday night's Manchester Board of Aldermen meeting, Mayor David Willson announced that despite talk of a possible closure, the Manchester post office will remain open for another four years. The office in Manchester Meadows will however close, Willson said. Also Monday, Manchester City Administrator and City Engineer Ed Blattner announced he can no longer hold both positions affectively and resigned as the city administrator. Blattner served as the city administrator for seven years. He will continue to serve as the city engineer and remain working as the city administrator until that position is filled. The city administrator is an appointed position. "The two positions are overwhelming timewise." Willson tells Patch about Blattner's …
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Manchester City Hall
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Manchester Police Department
200 Highlands Boulevard Dr, Manchester, MO
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
The US Postal Service announced it will consider closing thousands of branches. Town and Country and Manchester post offices will survive the possible closures.
In a move designed to streamline operations and save money, the United States Postal Service (USPS) will review more than 3,600 branches nationwide to decide which ones to close. The Town and Country and Manchester post offices in Town and Country - Manchester Patch are not on the list of branches under review that the USPS released Tuesday. St. Louis branches under review: A spokeswoman for the USPS in St. Louis told Patch the study covers retail (branches) only, and stressed that delivery is not under review. “Customers have shown us that they no longer need a brick-and-mortar post office,” Valerie Hughes, USPS spokeswoman, said. She pointed to the USPS’s automated postal centers, mobile apps and online services and as well as retailers …
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Letter carriers across the country, including Town and Country and Manchester, spent Saturday collecting food to fight hunger across the country. Patch spent the day on the route of one carrier.
For the past 18 years, Rhonda Malin, a mail carrier for the Town and Country branch of the U.S. Postal Office, has stood under the same white fluorescent light sorting through hundreds of mail. Six days a week, Malin gets to her office at 7:45 a.m., organizes her deliveries for the 462 addresses in her route, and spends four to five hours on the street. Work can be repetitive. Saturday, however, the calendar tucked in her office had a letter “F” marking the date, reminding her of the 19th annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive, sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers. The food drive is one of the largest in the nation, said Kari Bowling, also a mail carrier, who organizes the drive at the Town and Country Post Office. All …
Jennifer R Kohl
7:58 am on Sunday, May 12, 2013
What about the elderly that still rely on the post office to deliver their bills and pay them because they don't have the means or knowledge that isneeded to payonline or phone. Alot of older people still do not give out their SSI number over the phone let alone payment info. I really believe it should stay the same. We all count on our post men and women so please don't take thatawayfrom the … more ›