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Authorities: NJ Inmate Tried To Have Heroin Mailed
NEPTUNE, N.J. (AP) – An inmate who officials say tried to have heroin mailed to him at a jail in Freehold Township will face additional drug charges. Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman...
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Muggers Targeting Postal Workers In The Bronx
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Mail carriers in the Bronx were on high alert after a rash of muggings that sent four postal workers to the hospital. The attackers targeted letter carriers at least four times...
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NJ Turnpike Authority Changing Toll System On Garden State Parkway
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Toll cheats on the Garden State Parkway no longer can just grab an envelope. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has decided to end the system that allowed motorists...
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Major Postal Cuts Will Mean Slower Mail, Job Cuts In Tri-State Area
NEW YORK (AP / CBSNewYork) - The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service said Monday it is seeking to move quickly to close 252 mail processing centers and slow first-class delivery next spring, citing...
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Postal Worker’s Vacation Causes Halt In Mail Delivery For Some In Jersey City
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – The unofficial motto of the U.S. Postal Service reads: Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their...
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Labor Day Closures And Changes In Service For New York City
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – In observance of Labor Day, there will be several closures or suspensions of service. All city, state and federal offices are closed on Mon., Sept. 3. MTA subways and buses will...
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U.S. Postal Service Holds Job Fair At Roosevelt Field Mall
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - Some shoppers were looking for more than just bargains at the Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City on Thursday. WCBS 880′s Monica Miller On The Story Download:...
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Postal Service To Cut Saturday Mail To Trim Costs
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion, the financially...
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United States Postal Service Backs Down On Cutting Saturday Delivery
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) - The U.S. Postal Service says it will delay plans to cut Saturday mail delivery because Congress isn’t allowing the change. The Postal Service said in February that it...
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Post Office Issues Warning After Thieves Begin Fishing From Brooklyn Mailbox
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It’s fishing season in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn – but not in the sense of catching actual fish. As 1010 WINS’ Al Jones reported Monday, the target is a corner mailbox...
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Postmaster General: Post Office In Midst Of Financial Disaster
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night will keep a postal carrier from delivering your mail. But lack of money might. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said...
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Brooklyn Woman Shocked To Receive Letters From Loved Ones 45 Years Later
NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — The term ‘snail mail’ has taken on a new meaning for a Brooklyn woman who recently received a birthday card that was 45 years too late. Receiving the decades old card left Susan...
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Officials: Mail Stolen From Postal Boxes On Long Island
FREEPORT, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Up to 600 pieces of mail have been stolen from two U.S. Postal boxes on Long Island, according to authorities. The mail was apparently taken from two green locked boxes...
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Postal Workers Unions Protest Staples Program
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Postal workers around the country protested in front of Staples stores on Thursday, objecting to the U.S. Postal Service’s pilot program to open counters in stores, staffed...
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Door-To-Door Mail Delivery Could Soon Be Replaced By ‘Cluster Boxes’
NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — Door-to-door mail delivery could become a thing of the past. A U.S. House committee approved a bill that would change delivery to “cluster box” pick-ups. It would mean that...
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Brooklyn Mail Carrier Accused Of Hoarding 40,000 Letters
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – A New York City postal carrier is accused of failing to deliver more than 40,000 pieces of mail weighing roughly 2,500 pounds, some dating to 2005. According to a federal...
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Post Office To Deliver Packages On Sundays During The Holidays
WASHINGTON(CBSNewYork/AP) — You’ve got mail … seven days a week. The U.S. Postal Service announced it will deliver packages on Sundays in major cities and high volume areas during the holiday season....
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8 Long Island USPS Workers Arrested In Marijuana Theft, Delivery Scheme
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Eight postal workers may be headed to the joint over packages of pot. The eight USPS workers at the Bethpage piority mail processing center have been arrested for allegedly...
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Staten Island Postal Worker Accused Of Hoarding Mail He Was Supposed To Deliver
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A U.S. Postal worker in Staten Island was charged Friday with dumping mail in his girlfriend’s apartment and never delivering it to its intended recipients. Taurean Hawkins had...
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Nyack Residents Say Postal Problem Is Causing Mail To Arrive Late
NYACK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Residents in a Rockland County town say they have a postal problem. As CBS2’s Meg Baker reported, if you’re going to send a package to Nyack, send it sooner rather than...
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