While Ship Bottom borough officials were asked to defend their decision to appeal the land use board’s approval for a use variance at the vacant CVS site, the applicant is committed to being part of the local community.

“(We) plan to vigorously defend the land use board approval,” Brian Wainwright, manager of Wainwright Amusement, said earlier this week. In addition to the council’s appeal, Wainwright has been served legal papers by Hartland Golf and Arcade and Our Endless Summer, located at…