This Day in History: 1967-01-12
Mahwah’s two discotheques, the Loft on Route 17 and the Morgue on Franklin Turnpike got reprieves for 60 days while a new ordinance restricting entertainment establishment was being studied. They had been closed at the beginning of the month under a 1929 ordinance which their lawyer pointed out had been originally passed to control two churches which had been disputing about meeting nights. A wide variety of people supported the Discos as good entertainment for young people, including Board of Education candidate Vincent April, Township Treasurer Jack Friedlander, Mrs. Pasquale Valone, CYO Director of Immaculate Conception parish, a priest from Don Bosco and grandmother who recently moved here from Brooklyn.
(Bristow)