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Mayor Who Passed Out Pantless At Party Needs Alcohol Evaluation, Counseling, Council Says Mayor Who Passed Out Pantless At Party Needs Alcohol Evaluation, Counseling, Council Says
Mayor Who Passed Out Pantless At Party Needs Alcohol Evaluation, Counseling, Council Says Following a public apology from Mayor John Roth for a drunken incident that made national headlines, the Mahwah Township Council recommended Thursday night that he undergo an alcohol assessment and receive counseling on township policies and anti-discrimination laws. “The mayor’s conduct on Jan. 10, 2020 is inappropriate and represents conduct unbecoming an elected official,” a resolution drafted by the council in executive session says. The decision came after an investigation by a private attorney and an apology from Roth during the public portion of Thursday’s meeting for getting drunk …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Politics
Mahwah Mayor Admits Passing Out Drunk, Pantless In Township Worker’s Bed Mahwah Mayor Admits Passing Out Drunk, Pantless In Township Worker’s Bed
Mahwah Mayor Admits Passing Out Drunk, Pantless In Township Worker’s Bed Mahwah Mayor John Roth admitted that he was drunk when he removed his pants and passed out in a township employee’s bed during a house party earlier this month, according to a published report. Roth said in an interview that he’d had too much to drink the night of the Jan. 10 party and apologized to the employee but considered the incident a private matter, NorthJersey.com and the USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey reported. The report didn’t identify the employee, who it says declined to comment.  Daily Voice is withholding the name of the employee, who is identified along with her husband…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Fired Teaneck Teacher Accuses Principal Of Hitting On Her, Retaliating When She Refused Fired Teaneck Teacher Accuses Principal Of Hitting On Her, Retaliating When She Refused
Fired Teaneck Teacher Accuses Principal Of Hitting On Her, Retaliating When She Refused A former special education teacher at a Teaneck elementary school claims she was fired after she refused the principal’s sexual advances. The “overly flirtatious” behavior by Whittier Elementary School Principal Pedro H. Valdes III was “disturbing and intimidating at best," Grace Kenny, 38, charges in a sexual discrimination lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack. Kenny taught Whittier pupils with emotional and learning disabilities for a year and a half before she was let go in May 2018, the suit says. At first, Valdes "lavished praise" on her work and "consistently gave her very h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bergen Judge Nixes Sex-Discrimination Suit Filed By Retired Rochelle Park Police Officer Bergen Judge Nixes Sex-Discrimination Suit Filed By Retired Rochelle Park Police Officer
Bergen Judge Nixes Sex-Discrimination Suit Filed By Retired Rochelle Park Police Officer A judge in Hackensack on Tuesday dismissed a gender-discrimination complaint filed by a retired Rochelle Park police officer. Donna Porcaro sued the township, the police department and Police Chief Robert Flannelly two years ago, claiming that she was denied opportunities that her male co-workers got and was the victim of harassment and inappropriate comments in a hostile work environment. She reportedly had been seeking $2.5 million. “I'm just glad after 41 years of as a police officer my name and reputation remains honorable,” Flannelly said after Superior Court Judge Mary F. Thurber tos…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
SUSPENDED: Bergen County Judge Secretly Recorded Meetings, Supreme Court Finds SUSPENDED: Bergen County Judge Secretly Recorded Meetings, Supreme Court Finds
Suspended: Bergen County Judge Secretly Recorded Meetings, Supreme Court Finds A Superior Court judge has been suspended by the Supreme Court without pay for two months after it came to light that she secretly recorded meetings at the at the Bergen County Courthouse. Deborah Gross-Quatrone of Saddle Brook is accused of recording two meetings with Assignment Judge Bonnie Mizdol and others in Bergen County, and a third with Mizdol -- after the assignment judge told her not to -- all in 2015, the presentment case says. "These actions suggest a disturbing lack of sound judgment and professional integrity that, if left unaddressed, threaten the dignity …

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by Cecilia Levine