Year in Review: Haddonfield Government News

We know how you should get your Haddonfield news (ahem, Haddonfield Patch), but this year borough commissioners spent much of 2011 going back and forth on who would provide newsletters about municipal happenings to residents.

The yearlong saga kicked off in January with the revelation that Haddonfield , Haddonfield Sun, for media services—an said one expert we talked to and a according to one commissioner. By July, the writing contract went to a , and What’s On Haddonfield got in the action with a plan to . Then Haddonfield Sun was back in the game, winning a , but that didn’t stop the Sun and What’s On.

Whew. Think that was complicated? We haven’t even discussed Bancroft yet. Speaking of that…

2011 and ended with a similar question—what’s going to happen to the Bancroft property? From to to an , the ideas are flying. But there are still concerns and the of the property. Do you think 2012 will bring a resolution?

Among the other top town government news in 2011, Haddonfield commissioners approved a plan to change out meters for , voters the town’s open space tax for another five years, the pothole budget proved a and the an eight-year-old lawsuit with a police officer. Meanwhile, ongoing (never-ending?) dismayed two groups of residents, especially after one resident spied a worker near residential property.

These stories are a fraction of the 171 government stories Haddonfield Patch brought you in 2011. Follow the news year-round at our government and election topic pages.