All of a sudden the mail just stopped coming. Neighbors didn’t know why until they went to the post office.

DANVILLE, Va. — Eldridge Cobb feels comfortable with a tool in his hands. The past couple weeks he’s been doing some repairs, “I’m just trying to fix them (mailboxes) up and make them presentable,” said Cobb.

About 30 neighbors in his Danville community suddenly found themselves in need of a curbside mailbox. One day last month the mail was delivered and then the next day it stopped, “It’s been terrible, it’s been terrible,” said one neighbor.

Neighbors tell WFMY News 2 the US Postal Service didn’t notify them as to why they needed to install curbside mailboxes and they had to find out for themselves, I feel like they could have handled it better,” said Felicia Deshayes.

Neighbors eventually went to the post office and were told the mail delivery was temporarily halted after a dog chased one of their mail carriers. The postal service decided to have the residents install curbside mailboxes and suspended service for 30 days to allow neighbors to put them up. Read more