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2011: A Look Back at the Year in Lilburn

From January's snow storm to elections, Sunday alcohol sales and a Christmas parade with record crowds, 2011 was a year to remember.

As we close out 2011, Lilburn Patch takes you back through some of the memorable events around the city during the year, from January's snow storm to Lilburn Idol, Lilburn Daze and the Christmas Parade.

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And here are some of the biggest stories on LIlburn Patch from the year:

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A rare snow storm shut down the metro area schools for a week in January.

Lilburnite Ivy Cromer witnessed the January robbery of Wells Fargo Bank on Lawrenceville Highway, and then by following them for miles, talking to cops while tailing the perps.

in February in a house on Spring Mill Drive.

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in March, saying he was concerned about the "direction, and the performance and morale of the department," which were "short of expectations." as the new chief in April.

The in May, with 13 runs in the seventh inning.

The Lilburn in August, ending a over the issue. The U.S. Department of Justice more than a week later filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming religious discrimination, and the , citing the cost involved in fighting the suit.

in August in the grisly murder of his fellow Mercer University Law School graduate Lauren Giddings. That drew a lot of from people who knew McDaniel.

Johnny Crist was elected mayor of Lilburn in the , and a referendum to allow alcohol sales in the city on Sundays was passed by voters.

A family and their dog escaped unharmed from a.

Gwinnett County Police last month solved a spate of August car break-in cases, .

A cell tower near a daycare center and a gas station caught fire in unincorporated Lilburn in early December.

in the city on Sundays beginning Dec. 18.

Gwinnett Police and the ATF teamed up for an eight-month ; two members of a gang were arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault in Lilburn.


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