Last week’s article about a tort claim filed by former Township policemen included observations from an anonymous source suggesting a link between the tort claim and the retirements of Chief Robert Buchanan and Township Administrator James Pascale. These are another person’s views and clearly do not represent the views of Town Topics.

Mr. Pascale has brought to our attention that his retirement was simply based on his desire to retire and nothing else.

When reporting on this story, it was never our intent to diminish in any way the years of dedicated service by either Mr. Pascale or Mr. Buchanan.

We apologize for the misunderstanding and are retracting the story. Rather than perpetuate the misunderstanding, Town Topics will not be printing letters related to the subject.