December 18, 2025

Letter to the Editor: No satisfaction for snowplowed mailbox

LETTER TO THE EDITOR — I am writing out of complete frustration and desperation over an ongoing issue that no one in authority seems willing to address. For over a year now, my mailbox has been repeatedly destroyed by the same municipal snowplow.

I repair or replace it, follow every instruction given to me by the town, clear snow as requested — and it still gets hit again and again. This winter alone, it has already been damaged multiple times.

Each time I report it, I’m told some version of “too bad” or that it’s my responsibility to fix, even though I’ve done everything asked of me.

There has been no accountability, no inspection, no solution offered — just dismissal. I cannot continue paying out of pocket to replace something that is being destroyed through no fault of my own. I’ve exhausted every reasonable option with the town and feel completely ignored.

At this point, I don’t know who else to turn to. I’m not looking for special treatment — I’m looking for a basic, fair resolution to a problem that should never have been allowed to go on this long.

Steven Bailey,
Grey Highlands

 

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