Year in Review: Life in Haddonfield in 2011

What do missing downspouts, movie sets, business spats and drag queens have in common? Each was part of Haddonfield living in 2011.

We already brought you the year in news for , and news. Now it’s time to recap “the rest,” the news that doesn’t neatly fit into any one category but, when added together, paints a picture of the year in Haddonfield life in 2011.

For some Haddonfielders, 2011 was the year of . A rash of copper downspout and gutter thefts hit the borough, with news making our police blotter toward the end of the year. In the words of , “I can’t stay up all night to watch the gutters.”

By the end of the year, a different metal theft occurred: Haddonfield’s from library point, ripped right from the ground. Police metal thieves once more, but does the behind Elizabeth Haddon School suggest a different motive?

The community was shocked in June was longtime Haddonfield died suddenly. The barbershop family decided to keep Montemurro’s and . Montemurro also was involved in other Haddonfield news this year: a look back at in Haddonfield and, before his death, a look at the borough’s .

2011 proved an interesting year for Haddonfield businesses. Earlier in the year, Patch brought you an at the and complaints about how it operates and spends its tax-funded budget. Partnership officials and business owners were in this evolving issue.

In other business news this year, concerns that a massage parlor would be a didn’t stop said business from opening, but it did prompt some zoning changes. Tre Famiglia had a go public, while Duross & Langel and opened. Borough British businesses, meanwhile, pulled out all the stops for the and Haddonfield hosted its first business event geared toward .

Elsewhere around town, Haddonfield had its with a three-day on Kings Highway. Patch brought you news of a to destroy its and the borough to a fabulous .

2011 also showcased the good, and the brave, among Haddonfielders. kept good works close to home by helping out Camden children, Haddonfield Civic Association celebrated , the Rev. Dr. Charles A. Sayre’s litany of and a business owner taught kids lessons that . Meanwhile, a chased down the and a Haddonfield man from her .

And though they weren’t specific to only Haddonfield, we’d be remiss if we didn’t remember the unusual news this year— (not a hurricane when it hit New Jersey, it turns out) blowing through town, ; the South Jersey and the rolling through Haddonfield.

What is the one story you think defines Haddonfield in 2011? Did we leave out your favorite? Tell us in the comments.