When a Catholic church in Norwich announced plans to continue using a former school building for its food pantry and soup kitchen, residents responded with concerns about crowds of homeless people and crime.
In what is being called a cruel case of musical chairs in a not-in-my-backyard dispute, the St. Vincent de Paul Place soup kitchen is at the moment without a permanent home. The church claims the City of Norwich Zoning Board of Appeals has bowed to the pressures of neighborhood complaints by denying its request for a zoning variance to remain in the school building where it had moved under a temporary zoning permit.
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