You might expect that McHenry County Blog would look at things from a political viewpoint. Politicians love to have third class mail delivered on the Monday before the election. Anna May Miller must have thought she won the lottery when … Continue reading
Category Archives: Post Office
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has entered an arena where I have not seen it before: worker’s comp. Here is the press release: CHIROPRACTOR AND PHYSICIAN AMONG THREE DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN ALLEGED $1 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME CHICAGO — A … Continue reading
Saw this headline from WBBM-AM’s news feed a couple of weeks ago. It referred to the quality of postal delivery in Chicago, a recurrent topic. What it reminded me of was my childhood in Easton, Maryland. 212 S. Aurora Street. … Continue reading
Saw this headline from WBBM-AM’s news feed a couple of weeks ago. It referred to the quality of postal delivery in Chicago, a recurrent topic. What it reminded me of was my childhood in Easton, Maryland. 212 S. Aurora Street. … Continue reading
I was waiting just a little while in the Crystal Lake Post Office Friday when I again noticed that there was no clock on the center of the wall behind the counter. I had noticed before, but this time I … Continue reading
I was waiting just a little while in the Crystal Lake Post Office Friday when I again noticed that there was no clock on the center of the wall behind the counter. I had noticed before, but this time I … Continue reading
That’s certainly the Message of the Day at United States Post Offices around the country today. The Star Wars stamps go on sale. This picture of a lobby display was taken in Algonquin right before I was told I couldn’t … Continue reading
That’s certainly the Message of the Day at United States Post Offices around the country today. The Star Wars stamps go on sale. This picture of a lobby display was taken in Algonquin right before I was told I couldn’t … Continue reading
The postage goes up from 39 to 41 cents. The Crystal Lake Post Office is already out of commemorative stamps. That’s the kind I always buy. The new triangular ones commemorating Jamestown’s founding are worth looking at. Not only is … Continue reading
The postage goes up from 39 to 41 cents. The Crystal Lake Post Office is already out of commemorative stamps. That’s the kind I always buy. The new triangular ones commemorating Jamestown’s founding are worth looking at. Not only is … Continue reading
McHenry County Blog posted stamps and cancellations as a “Message of the Day” earlier this week. The most Christmassy postmark found was “Happy Holidays.” Today, the Skinner household received a card from Chicago and not even “Happy Holidays” was on … Continue reading
The “Message of the Day” comes from the United States Post Office. I started looking at stamps and postage cancellations on the Christmas cards that are arriving at the Skinner household. Even with a Republican president, I don’t see a … Continue reading