CONCORD, MA — On Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 1:00 p.m., Paul E. Bolas will join a proud tradition of Postmasters that have served this country that dates back to our first Postmaster General, Benjamin Franklin. Bolas will take his official oath of office at the Concord Museum located at 200 Lexington Road in historic Concord, MA.
Bolas began his U.S. Postal Service career as a letter carrier at the Back Bay station in Boston in 1986. He then covered management assignments on a substitute basis until his selection into the Associate Supervisor Program, which he graduated from in 1999. Mr. Bolas was initially assigned to the Newtonville Post Office. He also completed assignments at the Boston Processing and Distribution Plant in Boston, and as Supervisor of Customer Service at the Peabody Post Office, prior to accepting a Supervisory Position at the Woburn Post Office, the position he held prior to being selected as Postmaster of Concord, MA.
While assigned to the Peabody and Woburn Post Offices, Bolas served as temporary Officer-in-Charge at each of these locations.
Bolas is a Beverly, MA resident and is the father of two children, Owen and Mackenzie. Both children will lead the attendees at the installation ceremony in reciting the “Pledge of Allegiance’. His fiancée, Patricia Duffy, will hold the bible at the Installation as he is sworn into office.
Bolas is active in his community as a volunteer of the Beverly Little League for the past eight years, most recently serving on its Executive Board.
“My primary goal is to be active in the Concord Community. I hope to continue the proud tradition of Postmasters before me in providing excellent customer service to the residents of Concord.”
As Concord Postmaster, Bolas oversees forty-one employees who process and deliver daily mail volume to the residents of the community that was incorporated as a town in 1635.
Post Office Operations Manager Dean M. Baker will administer the oath of office.
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