Re: amusing news story
We are going through something similar in our local area. Our mosque has outgrown itself, we purchased a house after making sure it fit all of the county's requirements for a religious worship place. But now the neighbours (of which there arnt many..but it seems people even streets away have suddenly become neightbours) arnt too happy about it and are in slightly more subtle ways trying to stop this from happening.
They havnt given any drastic views publically except that it will create too much traffic and be bad for their kids. Surprisingly the only other house on that street belongs to an old couple with no kids and the other side of the street is a funeral home.