[Video] Making the Days Count Instead of Counting the Days

Dianne Camelo Didio has been Mayor of Oradell for 1,460 days but in her final mayor's address during the Oradell Sine Die meeting on Monday, she focused on how she made those days count over counting the number of days in office.

A 20-year plus resident, Didio was elected to the council in 2005 on the "Put Oradell First" ticket and then in 2008 took office as the first Democratic mayor for the borough following a two decade Republican majority. 

During her time with the governing body, she has led a commitment to find a solution to the River Dell School Funding Inequality, the reopening of the Pascack Valley Hospital, seeking grants for the preservation of the borough's historic districts and working with Bergen County towards reopening the Elm Street Bridge.

A partner in the law firm of Levy, Stopol & Camelo, LLP, Didio and her partners serve as general counsel to several corporations as well as focusing on real estate, intellectual property, commercial litigation and trusts and estates.

The President of the Oradell Little League from 2002 - 2005, she has also volunted with the Oradell Arts and Business Coalition, Oradell Emerson Rotary, and at St. Joseph's Church.

Also saying farewell was Councilman Michael Harte who was appointed to the council in 2008 to fill Didio's seat when she became mayor. Later that year he was voted to a full term by the residents.

A local businessman, he grew his 1980 one-man job Painting and Design, Inc., to a company full of employees who serve famiies and businesses in town and the surrounding neighborhoods.

Along with Didio, he helped pursue  New Jersey’s first Biodiesel Fuel Recycling Program as a shared service with the town of Westwood. The biodiesel fuel that is created is use to power the DPW vehicles.

He volunteers as a member of the  Building and Grounds Committee of St. Joseph’s Parish and has coached Little League.