Rodriguez Becomes Number 42 in 06897

New Postmaster Installation Set For Thursday, September 25

Angel Rodriguez has been promoted to the position of postmaster of the Wilton Post Office in Fairfield County. He is the 42nd postmaster to serve the community.

He will be installed to that post in a traditional public ceremony at the Post Office, located at 15 Hubbard Road, on Thursday, September 25 at 12:30 PM. The public is invited to attend.

According to Guy Polacco, Manager of Post Office Operations for the Connecticut District of the Postal Service, candidates for postmaster positions are selected competitively through a series of interviews. Education, work experience, and capabilities pertinent to the assignment are evaluated prior to acceptance.

“Today’s Postal Service requires a vast array of skilled persons to work with our customers, to maintain our retail and delivery operations, and to manage our complex network of employee programs,” explained Mr. Polacco. “One of the strengths of the Postal Service is our commitment to our employees in bringing them up through the ranks. I am delighted that Angel's talents and interests will now deliver to the public in an expanded capacity. That’s good news for us all.”

As Postmaster, Mr. Rodriguez is responsible for the retail sales, mail delivery and collections services within the Wilton city limits. The Wilton Post Office delivers more than one million pieces of mail a year to more than 6,474 addresses and generates more than $1 million dollars in sales from postage and related products and services.

Angel began his career with the Postal Service in 1996 as a Letter Carrier at the Fairfield and Bridgeport, Connecticut Post Offices. He has advanced through positions of increased responsibility including: Supervisor Customer Services in Danbury, Bridgeport, Stratford, West Haven, Hamden, Stamford, and New Canaan, Acting Postmaster of Bethel Post Office, and most recently as the Station Manager of the Plaza Station, Waterbury, CT.

Postmaster Rodriquez follows in a long tradition of postal service in the community, where the first postmaster — Aaron Hyatt — was documented as being appointed in December 1810. According to postal records, the township was initially spelled as both Willtown and Willton until a name change in the 1820s occurred, most likely under the term of the community's second postmaster Asahel Betts.

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