Resignation

The Gibbsboro Board of Education on Tuesday night accepted the resignation of member Timothy Dombrowski, effective next week. The board was also informed that it could no longer use the services of Joseph Greene Jr. as solicitor because Greene is being awarded a judgeship. Dombrowski said he was resigning after six years' service on the board because he is moving out of the municipality. Because his term will expire in April, the board will not appoint anyone to complete his term.

Paul Maggioncalda, Berlin Borough's superintendent of schools, resigned abruptly last night, one month after the school board had renewed his one- year, $54,590 contract. Maggioncalda cleaned out his desk yesterday and submitted his resignation to the school board about 7:30 p.m. His resignation is effective Oct. 31, but the board relieved him of all duties last night. He will continue to be paid until Oct. 31. Maggioncalda said in his resignation that he was leaving to "pursue other professional opportunities.

Police Chief Craig Rickard, whose department has been sharply criticized by the Borough Council, has resigned and been replaced by a top aide. Mayor Greg Wall said yesterday that he had "reluctantly" accepted Rickard's resignation during a meeting Friday morning and that he had appointed Sgt. Albert DiValentino acting chief. Councilman Fred Fellmeth described the resignation as Rickard "falling on the sword for the transgressions of a minority of officers in the department.

Two-term Hainesport Mayor Michael J. McMullen's resignation will be officially ruled upon at Tuesday's Township Committee meeting, township officials said. McMullen's letter of resignation, slated for review by township solicitor Bennett E. Bozarth, was entered into the record last Tuesday at a committee work session. Committee members were reluctant to act on the resignation, according to Committeeman Charles W. Gray. "We're not quite sure how to handle this," he said. "We just want to know the legal way to do it. " Township officials said McMullen abruptly walked out of an April 11 committee meeting when resident George Gauvry, a Zoning Board member, accused him of a "lack of leadership.

The head of the agency in Camden that has the power to buy or take private and public land for development submitted his resignation last week. Thomas Roberts, 50, executive director of the city's Redevelopment Agency, said the resignation is effective June 30. "It's been 12 years," said Roberts. "It's time for a change. " The powerful agency has the ability to designate developers for projects within the approximately 10 redevelopment areas of the city, take land by eminent domain in those areas, and transfer property without posting it on a competitive city auction.

In a sudden and unexplained move, Michael P. Kelly, the head of the Philadelphia Housing Authority, resigned Friday, stunning an agency still recovering from predecessor Carl R. Greene's troubled tenure. "It's for personal reasons," Kelly said after a Board of Commissioner meeting Friday morning. He added: "I can tell you there will be news very soon to explain this. " Kelly said that news would come within a week. The one-person PHA board, Karen Newton-Cole of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, accepted Kelly's resignation Friday, effective immediately.

The Magnolia Council last night unanimously accepted the resignation of borough tax collector Maria Capuzzi. Capuzzi said in a letter received by the council Tuesday that she wanted her resignation retroactive to March 19. She did not give a reason in her letter for quitting, but she had been under fire from the council. Contacted at her home after last night's meeting, Capuzzi declined to comment on her resignation. Last month, Capuzzi said she had not been to work since the middle of February and had failed to attend three council meetings called especially to discuss her job performance and alleged record-keeping problems in the tax collection office because of "nervous tension, stress and pressure" related to her job. At that time, Mayor Catherine M. Quigley said Capuzzi had continued to use a record-keeping method that the council twice last year asked her to change.

The Haverford Township Board of Commissioners has agreed to try to "clear the air" concerning the resignation last month of Justine Hocker as director of the township library, but it has fallen short of asking her to reconsider her resignation. The commissioners were presented Monday night with a petition, containing more than 170 names, that urged Hocker to remain as librarian. The petition revived questions about her resignation, which many township observers said they believed had been forced by John Toal, a member of the library board of trustees.

Woodlynne's police chief and a patrolman have submitted letters of resignation to the borough council, which unanimously accepted them at a meeting Thursday night. Mayor William Terrell said that the resignation of Police Chief Wilmer B. Wood is effective March 12 and that Patrolman Louis Hannon's resignation is effective Feb. 24. Terrell said he thought that morale problems were common in the police department and blamed poor management for the problems. Wood said in an interview yesterday that he thought the department was being effectively run. Wood has been a member of the department in the Camden County town for almost 12 years and has been chief since November 1982.

Herb Greenwood, vice chairman of Tredyffrin's board of supervisors and a longtime advocate of township parks, has resigned because of health problems, the board announced at its meeting last night. "This is the hardest letter I've had to write," began Greenwood's resignation letter, dated Oct. 10, to board chairwoman Judy DiFilippo. "But I can no longer do a credible job. " Greenwood, who suffers from lung cancer and emphysema, has been absent from the board since he was rushed from an supervisors meeting to Bryn Mawr Hospital with a collapsed lung on Aug. 18. "Herb Greenwood is a great guy, and it's a real loss to the township to have him in the position where he has to resign because of health reasons," said Supervisor Paul Olsen.

Please Touch Museum president and CEO Laura Foster is stepping down. Foster, leader of the museum for five years, said Tuesday that it was a good time for her to move on. "I want to do some new things," she said. "I want to spend time with my new grandchild. Twenty-two years is a long time," she said, referring to her tenure at the museum, where she initially served as director of development and marketing. Foster said she was not sure what her next career move would be. Her contract is up in November.

When a judge finally dismissed the charges against Forrest Solomon, investigators said, the citation in the electronic case docket bore the user name of a different judge - RARNOLD, which belonged to Rita Arnold, a district judge in Chester County. Forrest Solomon is her son, and officials allege the dismissal culminated an elaborate effort by Arnold to hide a citation against him for an offense that would have violated his probation. Arnold resigned Tuesday after her arrest on charges of tampering with records and obstruction, the state Attorney General's Office said.

JONATHAN LAZARDE, a veteran Philly cop who's been at the center of an extortion probe, abruptly resigned from the force earlier this week. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey put Lazarde and another officer on desk duty April 11, a week after Internal Affairs investigators received a complaint that alleged Lazarde had attempted to shake down a criminal suspect. The commissioner said yesterday that the case will soon be sent to the District Attorney's Office. "It's still a criminal case as far as I'm concerned," Ramsey said.

At some point during a marathon West Coast road trip that placed thousands of miles between him and his loved ones, 76ers coach Doug Collins, 62, realized that while he was physically with the team, mentally and emotionally he had checked out. And that is when Collins, who officially resigned as coach Thursday after three seasons and with a 110-120 record, knew it was time to sever the umbilical cord that has attached him to the Sixers since they...

According to several sources with knowledge of the situation, 76ers coach Doug Collins and the team's ownership are working on a buyout agreement and Collins will not return as the coach next season. "He's not coming back," a team source said. "This is something that both sides have been thinking about for some time. It looks like they are going to part ways. I'm certain Doug will be looking for a buyout. From what I understand, both sides want to make it an amicable parting of the ways.

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad resigned on Saturday, leaving the Palestinians without one of their most moderate and well-respected voices just as the United States is launching a new push for Mideast peace. A statement from the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said President Mahmoud Abbas met with Fayyad late in the day and accepted his resignation, thanking him for his service. According to the statement, Abbas asked Fayyad to stay in his post until Abbas forms a new government.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - The Rutgers basketball scandal claimed two more university officials on Friday, including the athletic director and an interim senior vice president, who were involved in a decision to "rehabilitate" rather than fire the coach whose abusive behavior was captured on a video. The day began with a letter of resignation from AD Tim Pernetti, who said he hoped his tenure at Rutgers "will not be judged by this one incident. " When he first saw the video of coach Mike Rice pushing, shoving and throwing balls at players in November, Pernetti said he wanted to fire him on the spot.

Rutgers University moved to put the immediate fallout of its basketball scandal behind it Friday, issuing a broad apology, and announcing the resignation of athletic director Tim Pernetti. Pernetti's resignation follows the firing Wednesday of head men's basketball coach Mike Rice and resignation of assistant coach Jimmy Martelli. The university also announced Friday the resignation of John B. Wolf, its interim senior vice president and general counsel, who had been a part of the investigation into Rice's behavior in the fall.

RUTGERS ASSISTANT men's basketball coach Jimmy Martelli resigned amid the scandal over the way his former boss treated players. A Rutgers athletic department spokesman confirmed that Martelli, the son of Saint Joseph's coach Phil Martelli, had left the program. Coach Mike Rice was fired Wednesday after a video was made public showing him shoving and kicking players, throwing basketballs at them and berating them with gay slurs. Martelli's decision was first reported by the Star-Ledger of Newark.

Rutgers University assistant basektball coach Jimmy Martelli resigned Wednesday, the day head coach Mike Rice was fired, a university spokesman confirmed Thursday. The spokesman could not provide details of the resignation, saying he was not aware whether any reasons were cited in the move. Martelli is the son of St. Joseph's head coach Phil Martelli. He was also an assistant coach under Rice at Robert Morris University, before Rice hired him in 2010. Martelli was seen on video in at least one incident, ESPN reported Thursday, pushing a player and using an anti-gay slur.