PALMER TOWNSHIP

Long-time Police Chief Nick DiVietro retired after 28 years on the job amid reports his departure was prompted by allegations made by a police informant that DiVietro had furnished her with marijuana. DiVietro and the township supervisors vehemently denied the reports. Reports then surfaced that the township police union had asked the supervisors not to appoint DiVietro in 1990. The chief and the union have been at odds since the union was formed in the early '80s.