Year in Review: Life in Collingswood in 2011

What do doughnuts (both hot from the oven and floating in the lake), a busy police department and thousands of fireworks have in common? Each was part of Collingswood 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 Collingswood life in 2011.

2011 seemed like an unusually busy year for high-profile crime and police stories. A on Haddon Avenue in October, leading police on a multi-day search for the subject. A suspect was charged with ; the woman later was hit in a . A Collingswood salon was the target of an alleged , while a Collingswood man was and for leading an alleged drug-and-gun ring in South Jersey. Authorities pulled from Newton Lake this year—and responded to a on a third.

Collingswood Patch also started the year with a with Nick “Gage” Wilson, who robbed a Collingswood bank at the end of 2010.

And, of course, police solved of who was dumpin’ doughnuts in Newton Lake.

In Collingswood business, the borough eagerly anticipated the new Haddon Avenue —some people even to be first in line. Collingswood got a new , , , , and a candy store. Meanwhile, Collingswood mainstay closed and a planned for Haddon Avenue isn’t quite ready.

The borough enjoyed many of its beloved traditions: , the , into town, the Independence Day . Collingswood Patch also took you of the town’s annual Fourth of July fireworks.

Collingswood put its altruistic side on display in 2011 with officers running for the , sewers creating , people banding together to , residents , men and a salon .

On the always-busy arts scene, Collingswood , a festival showed there’s great music , the town got a mention , a jewelry artist’s , and rocking the Scottish Rite, and performances of , and , among others. Plus, the venue for many of Collingswood’s shows, the Scottish Rite, .

What’s the one story you think defines Collingswood life in 2011? Did we leave out your favorite? Let us know in the comments.