It broke my heart to see all the trees cut. They could have saved some on the perimeter to prove a decent corporate social responsibility.

aother Bank????we lack creative devolopment in the Town of Aberdeen....KC

just what we need. Another bank. With all the other empty retail space available in town did something really have to be built from scratch? I guess we needed that what,5th or 6th bank, within 1/2 mile of each other. Just keep on building. Pretty soon this town is gonna lose its small town feel and become like everyother retail complex town. Aberdeen township zoning board should be ashamed of themselves.

Just what Matawan/Aberdeen needs: another bank. Even my 12 year old makes remarks as we drive down 34, "Mom, why are there so many banks here?". Where is the city planning? Shameful.

The zoning board should be ashamed of themselves. There are so many more creative things they could put there and instead we get another bank!

I hope that bank puts in some nice landscaping. That entire intersection looks awful. Worse than the overgrown property and abandon houses ever did.

When I saw the area being cleaned up I said to my husband "it's probably going to be a bank". This time in sorry that I was right.

Us taxpayers had to bail out the "POOR" banks??? They pay nearly ZERO interest , but they have Millions to build more and more banks?? There are 5 banks on that corner already, 7 others in the immediate Matawan ,Aberdeen area. Where is all that money coming from? People of this area should wake up , take OUT all there savings and watch them cry for us to come back!!

Even if trees and bushes are in the plans, this unneccesarily destroyed a lot of natural habitat. We DO NOT need another bank on that corner. If a structure/business of some sort was needed on that corner for revenue generation, etc., the planning board should have held out for something new and different.

I agree with carmella. Another friggin bank. We are in a recession. N the only thing that keeps popping up are BANKS

I agree....I would like to know from the zoning board what were the pros and cons to puttin up another bank with in a 1 mile radius?

Hudson city, Columbia, Chase (in Shoprite), Wells Fargo, Amboy, Bank of America, Capital One, TD Bank and lastly the PNC Bank inside Stop & Shop about to be replaced with the new branch. All total....9. The geniuses that approved this must be the same crew that approved the still vacant homes on a postage stamp sized lot on Cambridge by Cross of Glory. These people do all this GREAT planning for our town and for our troubles we get to pay their salaries, pension and health care for the quality work that has been done. On the bright side a bank beats a fast food restaurant, gas station, liquor store or a nail salon......maybe. Maybe all that tax revenue from these banks will help with the ratables to lower my insane property taxes.......probably not.

Correction.....I forgot to add the Soveriegn Bank on Lloyd by the drive through Welsh Farms......Now that makes 10. Viva La Planning Board!

I have lived here since '76 and am sick about the obvious lack of consideration, care or good planning. This township is just so sad...

If people are so mad at what is going on in Town, show up at the planning board meetings and councel meetings and voice your concerns. Not many people go to these meetings and maybe if people did more things would be voted down.

It tried hard to prevent the removal of so many trees on the Shoprite corner I even signed a petition that was going around. I showed up at the planning board meeting and not many other people were there. PNC said they would keep some trees and the did not. If everyone feels strongly about the loss of the trees at the corner and other town concerns then voice your concerns to the town, and think about volunteering on one of the Boards. We need to all work together to better our town and keep Aberdeen a great place to live.

Michele, you are correct in saying we as a town need to be more involved and ban together. With all that being said, my hope is probably the hope of most of us is that the individuals making these decisions would do so with the town's best interest in mind and with a great deal of common sense. Ultimately it's our fault for trusting or assuming that the planners and committee people would do what makes sense. Anyone can plainly see that 10 banks in one area this small does not make sense, except for the people in making these decisions. Saying, NO to a developer or large corporation is not a bad thing. Bottom line is shame on us for trusting our elected and appointed officials. We are from New Jersey, you would think we know better.

Why so many banks? I live in the Strathmore section and I fear that this area might be viewed as a RICH neighborhood when in reality we are working folks paying our bills, minding our homes and sending our children to school. I would hate to think that we will become a target for thieves looking to break into homes due to the status of the surrounding banks.

If people do not like what development is going on in town, you need to get involved in the process and attend the planning board meetings.

However, in reality a bank (yes I know there are many in a few square miles), is a very good ratable for a town. It brings in tax revenue with little or no expense to the town and no expense to the school district. That's what I call a win-win.

And if TD Bank didn't think this branch would generate a profit, they wouldn't spend the money to build one. I'm sure their total all in cost approcahes $750,000.

Wow - another bank. Aren't they just asking for more accidents at that intersection? I hope no one opens an account there, and everyone else that posted here is right - the zoning board should be running from town with their tails between their legs!

All of the changes to Aberdeen/Matawan make me sad. Tearing down all of the trees and older homes takes away from the charm of what made this area special. I would love to know who is gaining financially from all of the banks, and other changes? Because we know what we are losing.

My 11 year old daughter wrote an article which was published in the Asbury Park Press about her opinion on the exccessive banks and Aberdeen. Check out the link below. It is pathetic that a child can see how absurd it is for a small community to have so many banks and yet the politians do nothing about it. She even sent the same letter to the mayor who did not respond to her.

http://www.app.com/article/20120627/NJOPINION02/306270021?fb_action_ids=444800445544677&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582