Can you picture a member of your family attacking a mail carrier? Of course not, but it happened 5,803 times last year across the nation. Fourteen of those were here in Vermont. Nashua, N.H., letter carrier Melissa Fascione recalls being bitten recently. “I asked the customer to put the dog inside and she replied it’s OK, he’s friendly.” Fascione reported. “It’s not that the dog is bad. People just need to understand that the dog is just doing what they think is their job.” She realizes now that any dog, ev … (read more)
