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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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