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#<strong>148</strong> • MAY 31 TO JUN 21, 2024<br />
Around the Town<br />
haddonfield.today | 17<br />
Commissioner Kevin Roche<br />
resigns after moving out<br />
of state<br />
By Matt Skoufalos / May 30, 2024<br />
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▲ Commissioner Roche was elected to a<br />
four-year term on the Board of Commissioners<br />
in May 2021. He served as Director for Revenue<br />
& Finance.<br />
Photo: Matt Skoufalos<br />
Tuesday’s meeting of the <strong>Haddonfield</strong> municipal<br />
government would be the last for Commissioner Kevin<br />
Roche, who on Wednesday morning tendered his<br />
resignation amid a move to Washington, D.C.<br />
Roche, who had planned to complete the final year<br />
of his term by maintaining a rental residence in the<br />
borough, said in an open letter to the community<br />
that he chose to resign rather than allow the ongoing<br />
work of the commission to be undermined by political<br />
detractors.<br />
“I was deliberate in my actions, and followed the rules<br />
and by-laws for elected officials in town; however, for<br />
some, this is not good enough,” he wrote.<br />
“I have become a distraction to the office, and a<br />
detriment to the work my colleagues are doing for<br />
<strong>Haddonfield</strong>.”<br />
Although he had secured a <strong>Haddonfield</strong> rental<br />
apartment while selling his home in the borough in early<br />
April and closing on his new residence two weeks later,<br />
the subject of Roche’s residence was raised in public<br />
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