The Little Egg Harbor Township meeting room overflowed with displeased residents who came out in droves to protest plans for an age-restricted housing development, at a planning board meeting on Thursday, July 3. The 3½-hour-long meeting was tense, as both the presenting applicants and members of the board became frustrated as people spoke out of turn, and residents became dissatisfied with the answers to their questions.

Environmental and traffic concerns seemed to be the main concerns of residents, many of whom live in the nearby Sunrise…