Year in Review: Life in Cinnaminson in 2011

What do pumping iron, military graves and a new Kern Street home have in common? Each was part of Cinnaminson 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 Cinnaminson life in 2011.

The year started with promising to pump new life into its Route 130 location. The , , shutting its doors in April to the . Cinnaminson does have a new in town though and kids found their .

Sticking with the business side of things, Cinnaminson welcomed , a , , and Korean restaurants, and prepared for to open. its Cinnaminson location, , while the redone Villari’s got a , two ShopRite employees got their and a may come to town. Service station owners , and the township .

On the police and crime front, rocked early in the year, complaints surfaced again about crime during the annual , no one is lining up to give mother-of-the-year awards, Route 130 was named the state’s for pedestrians (and a woman died shortly thereafter in a ), an alleged robber has a , a DJ reportedly as he was spinning tunes at a school dance, Cinnaminson’s TD Bank and a Cinnaminson man helped police find three women accused of .

Cinnaminson also showed off its altruistic side in 2011. A their new just in time for the holidays, a resident pushed , do-gooders cleaned up , sisters for charity, students in need went back to school with a high school senior , residents were during a holiday drive for neighbors and local Girl Scouts .

In one of the more "makes you feel great to live here" stories of 2011, Cinnaminson supporters turned out in droves to  Army Specialist  from Iraq. 

And although these weren’t Cinnaminson specific, we can’t forget the year of natural disasters. Tropical Storm (not a hurricane when it hit New Jersey, it turns out) , taking down trees and wires and . And do you remember where you were when Cinnaminson was , albeit briefly, from the ?

What’s the one story you think defines life in Cinnaminson in 2011? And did we leave out your favorite? Tell us in the comments.