A public meeting on a plan to use a former bed and breakfast as a halfway house has been cancelled.
READINGTON - A community meeting on a proposal to convert a former bed and breakfast into a halfway house for up to five young men with mental illnesses has been cancelled, according to the township.
A public information meeting was going to be held Tuesday evening at Calvary Bible Church, but was cancelled by the directors of Waypointe on advice from their attorney, the township announced Monday afternoon.
The proposed site is the former Holly Thorn Bed and Breakfast located on Readington Road. Branchburg Township officials stated Monday that some residents thought the halfway house was going to be located in their township.
An online petition has been started opposing Waypointe's plans. One the site, it claims, "Waypoint never reached out to the community and the former owners never alerted the neighbors."
According to Waypointe's website, the organization, founded in 2015, "focuses on serving emerging young men who may be struggling with the independence of adult life due to mental illness or co-occurring disorders."
Waypointe is part of High Focus Centers, which provides "outpatient behavioral health and addiction treatment programs in New Jersey," according to the website. High Focus Centers is part of Pyramid Healthcare, which has 33 facilities in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.