The Browns like the area, and said they haven't had problems except when someone threw a hurdle and a rake into their pool from the Terry Sanford field. A few years ago, a group of teen-agers gathered in a synagogue parking lot across the street to drink and sell drugs. That group has gone, the Browns said. Kenneth Brown wants to stay in Haymount to cultivate a core group of members for his church. When he arrived, neighbors had heard of the church but didn't know much about it.
Nobody trusts a flash in the pan.
Michelle Brodecky is the features editor for the Observer-Times. Michelle Brien is the police reporter and has worked for the Observer-Times for a year.