Residents at Norton senior housing worry about mail delivery
Rumors have been flying around Woodland Meadows, the town’s public housing for the elderly and disabled, ranging from speculation that mail was only going to be delivered twice a week, all the way to fear it wasn’t going to be delivered at all.
An alleged assault on a Postal Service worker by a resident of the housing complex did cause some problems with mail delivery, but service isn’t going to be cut off, Postal Service spokeswoman Christine Dugas said.
Norton police Lt. Todd Jackson said in an email that a mail carrier reported she was sexually assaulted Nov. 1 by a resident of the Norton Housing Authority at 120 West Main St.
Jackson said the carrier alleged a 78-year-old man touched her inappropriately while she was delivering mail in the complex.
Dugas said that since the incident, a supervisor has been accompanying letter carriers when delivering to the site. Mail service has not been discontinued, although there might have been a day or two without deliveries when a supervisor was unavailable, she said.
“There is no plan to cut off mail delivery,” Dugas said.
So, sexual assault means mail delivery continues. But, if a dog barks at you aggressively, we cut off delivery.
Ok, got it!