Following a lengthy meeting last Wednesday, Aug. 13, the Long Beach Township Land Use Board denied two applications from the owners of Hand’s General and Hardware Supply in North Beach Haven to demolish and rebuild the store a block away and construct a new hotel where the store is now located.

Under the proposal to demolish the existing store and build a new Hand’s across the street where there is now a parking lot, the store’s retail space would be on the first floor, storage would be on the…