I remember when the post office in my small home town was the focal point of the community. It was a place where you met your fellow friends and neighbors. You would stand around to discuss what was happening and share stories about your families and what the town council had done or was going to do. ...more

December 31, 2009

I am so saddened by an article I read today on the front page of the Lake Placid Journal. It tells of a recent "Candy Day" fundraiser held by the Lake Placid Lions Club. Seventy- year-old Lion Miles Lambert, who was born and raised in Lake Placid, and who at the young age of 18 years old first became one of the Lake Placid Lions Club's first members, was arrested, being charged with a misdemeanor for attempting to raise money for the blind and deaf by standing on the sidewalk of the Lake Placid Post Office. After 52 years of giving so much of his time and efforts in the attempt to raise money for those people in our county who so desperately need help with vision and hearing problems, it is unbelievable that our sweet little town has now been infiltrated by someone in such need of standing up to "The Rules" in lieu of someone else's pain. In this day, when so many folks are out of jobs, whose children desperately need glasses that they can't afford, one would certainly admire someone who is giving of his time and efforts to try and help. ...more

December 29, 2009

Regarding Miles Lambert and his recent arrest for soliciting for the Lions Club at the Lake Placid Post Office, I will start with the premise that the government is generally unreasonable. It is apparent that precedence was established as this was not the first time he or the Lions Club solicited contributions at this facility. I have experienced similar unreasonable behavior for putting business cards in the sacred mail box. ...more

December 29, 2009

WYTHEVILLE, Va. - A disabled man in a wheelchair who authorities say held three people for more than eight hours inside a small-town Virginia post office surrendered to police after freeing the hostages unharmed. ...more

December 24, 2009

I have started to get used to the inane idiocy that our illustrious lawmakers in Washington have been spewing, but the new law I encountered today really takes the cake. Having been the victim of identity theft several years ago, I was advised by my bank and my lawyer to not sign credit cards but, instead, to print "Ask for ID" on the signature line. This made perfect sense to me as an excellent theft deterrent, so I have done it for years. ...more

December 18, 2009

Monday marked the busiest mailing day of the year for the U.S. Postal Service as people hustled and bustled to get their holiday packages off on time. ...more

December 15, 2009

With a gift package to be sent to her grandchildren in Ontario, Canada, Sandra Mason looked for the right size shipping box Friday at the Lake Jackson branch of the U.S. Postal Service. ...more

December 7, 2009

It was standing room only on Nov. 17 in the city council chambers. ...more

November 25, 2009

One day, Mother received a letter in the mail. She told us she had sent for a Newfoundland/Labrador retriever pup for the family and that this was the letter of confirmation. The puppies had been born, and when they were weaned and eating dog food, were big and strong enough to stand the trip, they would send a male pup to us. ...more

November 8, 2009

The folks in Lantana think the Postal Service would have to be nuts to close their post office and they're trying a coco-nutty way to prove it. ...more

October 29, 2009