W-b Area Finishes Probe Into Teacher/ Allegations Have Been Made Versus
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Additional Drug Raid Nets Cash, Silver Coins/ As Part Of Operation Cold Start,
Police Serve A Warrant At A Second West Hazleton Home.

By MICHAEL P. BUFFER mbuffer@leader.net
 Friday, December 23, 2005 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 3A 





Township Manager Vicki Seward isn't thrilled with the U.S. Postal Service
plan for a new temporary location to house the Hunlock Creek post office. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "They aren't going to bring any retail business," Seward said. "All they
are going to do is rent for post office boxes." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Since an electrical fire damaged the Hunlock Creek post office along U.S.
Route 11 on Sept. 12, the office has operated out of the Plymouth post office.
The postal service is planning to locate a temporary office in the former
Simply Jill's store at 1623 Main Road. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Mark Hnasko, spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service's Central Pennsylvania
District, confirmed that customers will not be able to buy stamps or get mail
weighed for deliveries at the new location. But the temporary office will
allow people to have their post office boxes closer to their homes, rather
than miles away, he said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "It will ease the burden of traveling to Plymouth," Hnasko said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 People also would be able to pick up large packages at the new location, he
said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Customers could retrieve their packages from lockers after getting keys
with notes in their post office boxes, Hnasko said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "It will be real easy," he said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The spokesman was unable to provide details about the lease for the new
location, and didn't say when the Main Road building would become a post
office. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Seward said she is skeptical of the postal service's plans, and is afraid
postal officials will decide the Hunlock Creek area doesn't need a
full-service post office. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "I have suspected all along that they'll say you got along this long
without it, so you don't need it," she said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Hunlock Township has a population of about 2,500, and the Hunlock Creek
post office serves another 2,500 in six neighboring municipalities, Seward
said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 About 200 residents have post office boxes at the Hunlock Creek, facility,
Hnasko said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Postal Solution Criticize/ D Customers Will Not Be Able To Buy Stamps, Weigh Mail At The Temporary Hunlock Creek Site.