Kudos on this project being nixed. I now expect the mayor to take into account the opposition to the proposed Walmart by many people in Pine Lake Park. Or is our quality of life less important than those in the senior communities? Time will tell.

Excellent decision!!!! I know the surounding community will be thriled. Kudos, Kudos and more Kudos....

Very happy. Good decision. Let us not turn any residential property into commercial property. Thank you

Hi everyone, just a reminder to please keep your language clean and refrain from attacks on others. Thanks!

greg where are the attacks?

where is the dirty language that you are accusing people?

you need to get a life.

maybe get a new job working at a church.

rember next mayor election

I have been an active supporter of the opposition since I went to the meetings and heard about this project and all the questionable activities and reports submitted by the applicant. Trying to put the equivalent of 15 Quick Checks on this residential property is just wrong. Letting a for profit enterprise bully the town into a residentially zoned area while true residents must suffer the decreased property value and decline in their quality of life is not the way America was formed. Thank God these wonderful people who live nearby and in Renaissance have the integrity to fight for the American Dream. Manchester Neighbors is a fine example of a group that acted with dignity, finding the facts and supporting the Board of Adjustment members so they had the proper information. There is much that has happened in the past year and, from what I have been told, much more this group will be sharing. I encourage you to visit their website at www.ManchesterNeighbors.org

As for Mr. York's comment via the Mayor that there is such a huge need for more nursing homes, according to the Ocean County Planning Board, from 2000 to 2010 the percentage of Manchester residents over age 65 went down by 6.7%. Also, nursing homes in Ocean County and Manchester Township have about 20% empty beds. So where is this growing need???

Thank you to the Citizens for a Quality Neighborhood. Job well done. Hopefully the residents will continue with their support. And please heed the advice of Mr. jackdemetrissr. As a long time supporter of the current administration I am furious with their self-serving position at the expense of the resident. Some interesting facts were uncovered during the past 10 months. VOTE THEM ALL OUT.

Most people don't even realize how lucky the community is since it is now cancelled. I lived in a county in upstate NY where our neighboring town was subjected to a facility (not nursing) whereby the so-called patients were permitted to leave the campus (could not violate their civil rights) and were often found roaming around the yards of the neighborhood doing things better suited to in-door plumbing. It took that town over 20 years to have the City of New York close it down. I can't tell you how happy I am for those families nearest this property.

Hi, reading some of the comments posted I get the feeling that there is some animosity aimed at senior communities. I am a senior and if you're lucky...someday you might be one also. I'm sure your grandparents are! My reason for being against this facility, as noted in my comment above, is that I and all the other seniors have lived long enough to know that all is not how it seems. What starts out as one thing somehow ends up much different, to the detriment of neighborhoods. This was not a fight to prevent something from being built on commercial property. This is residentially-zoned space.

I find the opposition to the nursing facility to be very short sighted and possibly narrow minded. Another poster mentioned there are 20% empty beds in area facilities. There are very few good skilled nursing facilities. I wouldn't board my dog is some of them. Concerns about additional traffic and noise are unwarranted and untrue. Sadly, many patients in these type of facilities rarely get visits from family members. I know, my Dad was in several facilities in Monmouth and Ocean Counties. The viewpoint of those opposed to this might well be the viewpoint of the absent families that forget about their elderly family members. There are worse neighbors than a nursing facility. I could understand if a half way house or group home was proposed, than concerns might be warranted, but a nursing facility?
People that would be in a skilled nursing facility are those who are recovering from surgeries, terminally ill, those needing physical therapy and a small population of those who need help with everyday living. They are not mentally ill or criminally insane and would not be out watering your shrubs.
The growing need are baby boomers, the largest population group. No ones quality of life would be affected by this facility, but I think perhaps the quality of some souls has declined.

I hope you all fight the commercial zone being turned into residential with such veracity.

They allowed a quick check which brings nothing but trouble, traffic and low life. But the hey shot down a Nursing Home which brings in little traffic by comparison. Proffesional staff members that might want to move into this town. Good paying jobs into a community which could use them! How shortsighted are the are we!

Wow hot topic even after it is resolved! None of us like change nor to see our area which once was mostly horse farms and pine barrens/forest being lost under our watch but sometimes purely residential areas cannot survive if the residents arent bringing in enough tax dollars for communal needs, e.g. road needs, garbage removal etc (or wealthy enough to use private pay services)

...like in Alpine NJ (bergen cty). I dont see 'low life' at QuikCheck rather it serving a need. It is setback nicely and is kept clean. It is on coml corner and it brings jobs - no noise to neighboring villages which are separated by ponds etc...

As per the nursing facility - i think it wasnt right fit hearing how developer was saying once in 'i can do as i please..'. I agree the nh in area are not great having had to transfer my own mom from one to another; luckily i was able ro visit everyday to advocate for and ensure proper care - this is a whole other discussion @ healthcare facilities...just curious - did anyone think about this new huge nh making other existing nh not able to survive?

sad to see jobs lost in a area that needs them. This place even had a road between them and the egos of Renisance. Now I hope something worse comes like a super Wawa with a gas station. The seniors will not defete their lawyers. The Wal*Mart will go through despite the objections of many in PLP because the seniors want it and the mayor and committe what the tax bucks. Anyone who says only the seniors matter in Manchester is right, the mayor and town show this time and time again. Its not hate agaist others its just the truth.

Time to elect a younger mayor from PLP, TIM POSH RUN AGAIN PLEASE!!

Excellent result and a big thank you to all of those involved in supporting the residents of Wilbur Ave. and Shorin Way to defeat this project which would have been a detriment to their quality of life. This township does need ratables but not to the detriment of it's residents.

While I always support the right of nearby residents to ensure their neighborhoods are defended; all should keep in mind things like this and the elongated Walmart delay when exercising the NIMBY reflex. At some point, we need some tax ratables in town…82 square miles, and we can’t get a business squeezed in anywhere? On this individual victory, I am happy as it seems that those nearby really felt strongly. We need to be proactive in our town to determine where and when; because nowhere and never will result in increasing taxes.

I think it's funny how the Renascence people are talking about traffic when Renascence it self has brought traffic. If you stayed in North Jersey that would have helped traffic. Quick Check made no traffic we were shopping in the store in Colby Commons before that. And as for the "low life's" at Quick Check comment a good portion of the customers there are from Renascence.

The Mayor’s comment seems to lead us to believe he had the best interest of those who were going to be living near this facility in mind. What did you do to stop this project? You criticized those opposing this for-profit conglomerate including the civic minded people living in Renaissance in the newspaper back in August. You never visited those poor people who were going to live by this to find out how much money they were going to lose in home values and quality of life.You never took time to learn about all the crisis of some were dealing wih beside this. Now you say you spoke with Mr. York, the applicant's attorney to voice concerns for the betterment of your town's citizens. This same man who said all those terrible things about the citizens in your town and continues to bring land use variances to Manchester that will change the Master Plan but profit his wallet and those he represents. Why were you speaking to him if you cared about the citizens or why didn't you show you cared earlier before citizens had to spend money. This seems to be a ploy to come out as the good guy. Your citizens spent countless hours finding the real facts to the studies, reports, and other missing information that you should have been heading up as a concerned Mayor. Your own staff tried to withhold information from the citizens until a letter was sent to the State. Many citizens spent their own money to fight this for-profit deal in a residential zone, and who made money--your Mr. York.

i agree, the mayor has not looked after the concerns of the residence, but rather his own agenda. It's interesting that the withdrawal letter by Mr. York doesn't mention any conversation with the mayor nor any reason other than economics. And since i have mentioned Mr. York, another self-serving individual; his letter has a paragraph in it to apologies and kiss-up to the board, that he previously was very abrupt and rude to. The board will end up forgiving and give him approvals for yet more variances against the Master Plan. Interesting how politics and money make people change and show their colors!

Also interesting that Mr. York was able to apologies to the board, but not to the MANY citizens or residence that he was abrupt and rude to. Guess he can't make money off of them, so why apologize?

I'm waiting to see what they put in there instead. Hopefully something loud and annoying that the neighbors can't stop from going up.