What:

Senior postal executives to administer the oath of office to the newly selected Postmaster of West Caldwell at a special 30 minute ceremony, which is open to the public.

Who:

David Sparano – Postmaster, West Caldwell NJ  
Scott Hooper – District Manager, USPS Northern NJ District
Timothy Mulligan – P.O. Operations Mgr. - USPS Northern NJ District
Cesar Tolentino - Bulk Mail Tech, West Caldwell NJ
Robert Eucker - Letter Carrier, West Caldwell NJ
West Caldwell NJ Post Office co-workers, union and management association representatives

When:

10:30 a.m., Thursday, November 9, 2017

Where:

Post Office (Work floor)
155 Clinton Road
West Caldwell, New Jersey

Details:

David Sparano will be administered the oath of office by U.S. Postal Service Northern New Jersey District Manager Scott Hooper at a special ceremony.  Attendees include: senior postal managers, community leaders, fellow postmasters, Caldwell postal co-workers, union and management association representatives, family and friends. 

Postmaster Sparano, who grew up in Fairfield and graduated from West Essex High School, is responsible for managing a dedicated workforce of 95 employees at 3 postal facilities providing mail delivery, distribution, postal retail, and customer services in Caldwell, West Caldwell, North Caldwell, Fairfield plus delivery to Essex Fells.

Postmaster Sparano will recite the oath of office that reflects the Postal Service’s 242 year legacy of public service. The U.S. Postal Service traces its roots to 1775 during the Second Continental Congress, when Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general. The Post Office Department was created in 1792 from Franklin's operation, elevated to a cabinet-level department in 1872, and transformed in 1971 into the U.S. Postal Service as an independent agency.

In the more than two centuries since Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first Postmaster General in 1775, the Postal Service has grown and changed with America, boldly embracing new technologies to better serve a growing population. Once political appointments, today’s Postmaster vacancies are filled through a competitive procedure.