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Post office had $1.9 billion second-quarter loss

...the prior year. Advertising mail revenue increased by 2.4 percent or $96 million.The National Association of Letter Carriers noted that the Postal Service's operating revenue of $16.3 billion was nearly 1 percent higher than the same...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-10/post-office-had-19-billion
Letter carriers to collect food donations left by mailboxes on Saturday

Letter carriers across the nation will collect more...Saturday.The National Association of Letter Carriers and Campbell Soup Co. are sponsoring...does not accept baby food or formula.Letter carriers delivered shopping bags to mailboxes...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-09/letter-carriers-collect-food-
Bowling fundraiser set Sunday

The Augusta Letter Carriers will be striking out muscular dystrophy Sunday during a bowl-a-thon at Fort Gordon.The "Strike out MD" fundraiser will...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-12/bowling-fundraiser-set-sunday
William Kirkland

...of service as a Radio Operator having attained the rank of Chief Petty Officer, E-7. He was also retired as a letter carrier following twenty years from the U.S. Postal Service. Mr. Kirkland was a member of Wildwood Christian Church where...

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Vet center opens in Augusta

...of preventing the wartime nightmares that plagued him.Meanwhile, here at home, his wife worried each time the letter carrier rang her doorbell that this time, he would tell her her husband had died, Willis said.Willis withstood the cold...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-06/vet-center-opens-augusta
Postal workers rally in favor of keeping Saturday delivery

...2012 as more consumers turn to the Internet to pay bills and communicate with e-mail.Georgia State Association of Letter Carriers President Don Griggs, who traveled from Macon for the Augusta rally, said he fears Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-24/postal-workers-rally-favor-ke
Really? We can't make do?

...2 billion.The agency also plans to close 50 mail-processing centers to save another $2 billion.Well, the letter carriers have bitterly decried the five-day delivery plan, in rallies and slick commercial advertisements. And now Congress...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2013-04-01/really-we-cant-make-d
David Brown

...earning the rank of E-7. He also retired from the United States Postal Service, Augusta, GA, where he was a Letter Carrier after thirty-three years of service. A member of Breezy Hill Baptist Church, he enjoyed volunteering at church...

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William Rinehart

...Association), and President of the Postal Union. He retired after 29 years of service with the US Postal Service as a letter carrier. After his retirement he loved to work on computers. He owned Custom Made Just for You which specialized in customized...

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Augustans feel special connection to Sandoval, Giants

...only because his Tiffany World Series ring comes out just for special occasions.Mike Anderson, 57, has been a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Augusta for 32 years, delivering a route around University Hospital. His job introduced...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/scott-michaux/2012-10-30/augustans-feel-spec