Year in Review: Cinnaminson Government News

Cinnaminson residents made a mountain out of a hill—a sledding hill, that is—this year, topping the town government news.

When news came out in June that a would be added to , the reaction was fast and furious. Some readers called it a waste of money, others cheered the potential for memory-making sledding runs come winter. The hill in the fall and now awaits the first freeze. Less controversial was the at the park.

also made the town government news this year for . Two teens were caught in November allegedly .

Cinnaminson officials spent much of the early to mid-year addressing staffing issues with the police department. The acting police chief, Steve Fowles, in April amid a battle over . Cinnaminson the chief’s position and replaced it with a instead.

Fowles re-emerged in town government news with his run for Township Committee. Fowles and fellow independents Ken Gertie and Scott Lunn Ben Young and Tony Minniti in what is best described as a bruising election season. The election also saw a candidate’s even though he had dropped from the race long before Election Day.

Also in Cinnaminson town government news this year, the town over a Riverfront developer, the mayor toured New York’s , a downsized police force meant , kids got a and redeveloping the stirred up . With the for now, that is one story certain to carry over into 2012.

These stories are just a fraction of the 128 government stories Cinnaminson Patch brought you in 2011. Read the news year-round at our government and elections topic pages.