Filers Irked by Late Postmarks on Taxes
Some Wheeling Post Office customers got an unwelcome surprise Tuesday evening when they learned their taxes would not be dated April 15 – the filing deadline.
Wheeling Postmaster Matt Dodd declined to comment Wednesday morning. But postal patrons were told by their fellow customers that those who mailed their taxes Tuesday evening, after the collection time passed, would have their mail postmarked April 16 instead.
For several customers this was confusing, as the lobby to the facility still was open, allowing people to submit their mail. In years past the Wheeling Post Office has stayed open until midnight to allow last-minute filers to have their taxes postmarked on time.
Tad Kelley, United States Postal Service-West Virginia spokesman, said the post office has not had late operating hours for nearly five years because the USPS is trying to cut costs. He said not keeping the late hours has nothing to do with the Wheeling Post Office losing its processing center – and postmark – a few years ago.
“We simply don’t have the added mail to justify leaving it open,” Kelley said.
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Postmaster Offers Apology
(Washington) I would like to take this opportunity to respond to a letter to the editor regarding the U.S. Postal Service and published on April 9 about an unfortunate incident in March involving missing mail on Vashon Island.
I offer my personal apology to any customer who has been impacted by this situation. I have spoken to many of you and have offered to keep you posted on any changes involving the mail. The postal service takes great pride in the high level of service we provide to our valued customers and in the trust they have in our organization to protect the sanctity of their mail.
The postal service’s Office of the Inspector General conducted a preliminary investigation into the matter and concluded that the mail had not been stolen. Any customer who feels they may have been impacted by this incident is advised to contact USPS Consumer Affairs at their convenience at (253) 214-1800 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
http://www.vashonbeachcomber.com/letters/255361091.html
Two arrested in mailbox breakins, vandalism
(Virginia) Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a Stafford woman and an Orange County man last Thursday, ending an 18-month rash of mailbox break-ins and vandalisms inside Locust Grove’s Lake of the Woods neighborhood.
According to the OCSO, deputies arrested Kimberle Hodsden, 31, charging her with petit larceny and falsely identifying herself to law enforcement. Christopher Earl, 34, of LOW, faces grand larceny and destruction of property.
Deputies executed a search warrant at 200 Lakeview Parkway in Lake of the Woods last Thursday.
USPS truck crashes leaving driver with moderate injuries
A U.S. Postal Service truck crashed near Wheelerville Monday morning, resulting in a Republic man being sent to the hospital. According to the Highway Patrol report, the crash happened at 6:40 a.m., two miles west of Wheelerville on Highway 248. The 2005 International box truck, driven by Steven Robinson, 57, was westbound when the vehicle left the roadway and overturned. Robinson, who was wearing a seat belt, received moderate injuries and was taken to Mercy Hospital in Springfield.
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