Friday, April 5, 2013
A US Postal worker was arrested in Englishtown on drug possession and theft charges, police said.
A two and a half month federal investigation by the United States Postal Service came to a close on Thursday, April 4 when United States Postal Employee Monica Mettrock was arrested in Englishtown on drug and theft charges. Corporal Michael MacInnes arrested Mettrock, 46, of Cliffwood Beach, on Tennent Avenue at around 11 a.m. Thursday as she exited her postal vehicle to begin her mail route. Englishtown police charged Mettrock with possession of six wax folds of heroin, possession of hypodermic syringes, possession of a controlled dangerous substance while in a motor vehicle, and possession of stolen mail items. According to Englishtown police, Mettrock was found to be in possession 19 Netflix DVD’s, three personal digital assistants, two…
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The U.S. Postal Service announced it will end Saturday mail delivery by Aug. 1. Speak out: How will this affect you?
The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday morning that it will eliminate Saturday delivery of mail by Aug. 1. This news comes only a few weeks after the increase in stamp prices and over a year since the Freehold Borough Post Office closed, making Monmouth County the only New Jersey county to not have a post office in its county seat. According to the U.S. Postal Service, the six-days-per-week mail delivery business model “no longer sustainable”. The plan to change delivery from six days a week to five would only affect first-class mail. Packages, mail-order medicines, priority and express mail would still be delivered on Saturdays, and local post offices will remain open for business Saturdays. According to the U.S. Postal Service, the…
Monday, January 14, 2013
U.S. Postal Service rates are set to increase by one cent on Jan. 27.
Manalapan and Englishtown residents going to the post office will need to carry an extra penny or two. Postage rates will rise slightly this month, according to the U.S. Postal Service. According to an announcement by the postal service, new postage rates go into effect on Jan. 27, with letter and postcard stamps being affected. The U.S. Postal Service relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations and doesn’t receive tax dollars for operating expenses. Stamp prices will increase one cent, from 45 cents to 46 cents, to mail one-ounce letters. Postcard stamps will also see a one-cent increase, from 32 cents to 33 cents. The cost for letters weighing more than one ounce will stay the same, at 20 cents for each …
Laura
10:25 pm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Correction miss know it all - her last name is Mettrock more ›