By clare MARie celano
Staff Writer
FREEHOLD — By mid-November, the borough is expected to be back on track with additional postal services, according to Dan Quinn, postal communications program specialist for central New Jersey.
Quinn said there is currently a postal service truck parked on West Main Street, but only limited services are available there.
The borough’s previous full-service contract postal unit in a Main Street office building was closed about a month ago.
While officials search for a site for a permanent facility, they are preparing a trailer in the Monmouth County Hall of Records annex parking lot on Main Street that will be able to provide more services than the postal truck can now offer.
According to Quinn, the trailer in the parking lot should be operational by mid-November. Supplies are on hand, but postal officials are waiting for electric and other utilities hookups to be completed.
"The main thing is to serve the community without any disruption of service," he said.
Asked when a permanent location for a Freehold Borough contract postal unit would be chosen, Quinn said he could not give a definite date. He said postal service employees will work with community officials to find a location.
Quinn said addressing the community’s immediate needs is uppermost in the minds of postal service officials.
Mayor Michael Wilson said he is happy the postal trailer will soon be up and running in the parking lot, but said he and other borough officials would like to see a permanent post office operating right back where it’s been for the last few years.
"It’s an ideal spot," Wilson said of the building at 31 E. Main St. "I’d love to see it there again. It’s a natural place for a post office in our town to be."
Wilson said borough officials will be working with the postal service to find a new location soon, but that the main thing right now is to return services to the borough. The trailer in the parking lot will be the solution for now, he said.