There’s a creeping death coming to the coast of New Jersey and this time the victim is the Queen herself: Beach Haven, known as the Queen City of Long Beach Island. Reports coming out of the town from a recent land use board meeting shed a very dim and dark light on events unfolding that dramatically impact the future of the once close-knit, quiet beach community.

The ability of LUB members and town commissioners to maintain any thread of what made Beach Haven the Queen City are rapidly being…