Wilmington issues eviction notices at homeless encampment as Mayor Carney states area was always ‘temporary’

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People living in a city-sanctioned homeless tent village at a local Wilmington park woke up on Monday morning to eviction notices from Mayor John Carney’s office.

Residents said several police officers and representatives of the Friendship House, the site manager, moved through the park handing out the notices without explaining what they meant, leaving people upset and confused…

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