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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Saturday Mail Delivery to End, Postal Service Announces

The U.S. Postal Service announced it will end Saturday mail delivery by Aug. 1. Speak out: How will this affect you?

It looks like Freehold is taking another hit with the U.S. Postal Service. 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 nearby 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 …

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Stamp Prices to Rise to 46 Cents This Month (in Freehold Patch) and Freehold Borough Loses Post Office (in Freehold Patch)

Erin

1:31 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Oh, and it just dawned on me that this affects my Netflix deliveries. :(   more ›

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Stamp Prices to Rise to 46 Cents Today

U.S. Postal Service rates increase by one cent

Howell residents going to the post office will need to carry an extra penny or two. Postage rates will rise slightly today, according to the U.S. Postal Service. According to an announcement by the postal service, new postage rates go into effect today, 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 increase one cent, from 45 cents to 46 cents, to mail one-ounce letters. Postcard stamps also see a one-cent increase, from 32 cents to 33 cents. The cost for letters weighing more than one ounce stay the same, at 20 cents for each additional ounce. Letters less than one ounce …

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Brick rez

10:16 am on Tuesday, January 29, 2013

I really hope that was sarcastic   more ›

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