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Thieves Using Glue Traps To Steal From Mailboxes In This Westchester City, Police Warn Thieves Using Glue Traps To Steal From Mailboxes In This Westchester City, Police Warn
Thieves Using Glue Traps To Steal From Mailboxes In This Westchester City, Police Warn A police department in Westchester is warning residents to be careful when sending mail, as several public mailboxes have been found with glue traps installed by thieves.  The compromised mailboxes were found throughout the City of Rye, the city's police department announced on Wednesday, Aug. 21.  According to the department, the mailboxes contained mouse glue traps used to steal envelopes. These traps were found in mailboxes found in the following locations in Rye: Purdy Avenue; Elm Place; West Purdy Avenue; In front of the Locust Avenue firehouse. Residents are advised to tak…

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by Ben Crnic
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Judge Admonished For Trying To Influence Mail Carrier's Parking Fine In Northern Westchester Judge Admonished For Trying To Influence Mail Carrier's Parking Fine In Northern Westchester
Judge Admonished For Trying To Influence Mail Carrier's Parking Fine In Northern Westchester A Northern Westchester town court justice has been admonished for attempting to influence a fellow judge to be lenient with his mail carrier's parking ticket fine, officials announced.  The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct announced on Monday, Oct. 23 that Benjamin L.F. Leavitt, who serves as a Justice of the Ossining Town Court, was admonished for trying to get his colleague to go easy on his mail carrier, who had received parking tickets unrelated to her job with the postal service.  According to the Commission, in September 2021, Leavitt was approached by his…

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by Ben Crnic
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Safe Boxes Should Be Added At Town Halls In Westchester For Mail-In Voting, Supervisor Says Safe Boxes Should Be Added At Town Halls In Westchester For Mail-In Voting, Supervisor Says
Safe Boxes Should Be Added At Town Halls In Westchester For Mail-In Voting, Supervisor Says The writer, Paul Feiner, is Greenburgh's town supervisor. Many voters complained during the June primary that they did not receive absentee ballots in a timely manner after they submitted the requests.  And, other voters worry that the postal service may lose the absentee ballots in the mail, depriving voters of their right to vote.  Or, that the ballots arrive after the deadline passed.  Our postal service is not very reliable - many letters are lost, sent to the wrong address. Inasmuch as we can't count on the Postal Service to send ballots to the right address in t…

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by Paul Feiner
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USPS 'Persistent Service Problems' In Area Spurs Maloney To Act USPS 'Persistent Service Problems' In Area Spurs Maloney To Act
USPS 'Persistent Service Problems' In Area Spurs Maloney To Act After receiving nearly two dozen complaints from Hudson Valley residents in Middletown, New Windsor, and Westchester County, U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney sent a letter to Ronald Stroman, the Deputy Postmaster General at the United States Postal Service (USPS) formally asking the agency to resolve delivery problems.  In the letter, dated April 4, Maloney outlined the numerous complaints his office has received ranging from delayed delivery to the total disappearance of packages. “Americans have come to expect fast and dependable mail delivery because USPS has always done such a great job, …

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by Jon Craig