Feeding Of Strays Spells Trouble

There was more fuel on the fire yesterday for the nasty brew of cross-allegations being volleyed by a family that practices a witchcraft religion and the people who live near them on Oceanview Avenue in Annadale.

Neighbors came forward to complain that the family's penchant for feeding stray cats in the neighborhood had brought rats and pigeons around. The residents believe the rodents and birds are attracted by the food left out for the stray cats.

Ivy Colmer Vanderborgh and her mother, Marlene Colmer, said in the Sunday Advance that their adherence to Wicca made them a target of angry neighbors in Annadale -- something the neighbors disputed from the get-go in interviews with the paper.

Police said yesterday the family was not the victim of religious persecution in Annadale, but a source of frustration. Full Story

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