UPDATE: Eatontown Postal Facility Closure Not Definitive

A regional spokesperson for the United States Postal Service told Patch that the agency is still studying whether to close the Eatontown facility and will hold a public meeting on Dec. 15 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Monmouth Regional High School.

According to Ray Daiutolo, Sr., USPS representatives will present findings from an ongoing study of whether to close the Industrial Way facility and give the public the opportunity to answer questions at next week's meeting.

One possibility, said Daiutolo, would be consolidating operations at the Eatontown plant with the Trenton facility.

Daiutolo estimated that the study would be completed "early in the new year."

A number of media outlets reported that Eatontown was among those facilites scheduled for closure in an effort for the USPS to avoid bankruptcy.

According to the Associated Press, the USPS will close 252 mail-processing centers nationwide and slow delivery service to avoid bankruptcy next year. The measures are part of $3 billion in reductions that will eliminate next-day mail as well as 28,000 jobs nationwide.

The New Jersey USPS facilities the Associated Press reported closing included Pleasantville, Kearny, Edison, Teterboro and Bellmawr.