Medfield's Top News Stories of 2011

Hard to believe it is the last day of 2011. As we ready ourselves for a new year in Medfield, we've looked back at the past 12 months and have compiled a list of Medfield's Top 10 stories of 2011.

From hurricanes and snow storms to a historic house being moved, Medfield has seen a lot take place in 2011. Here's Medfield Patch's Top 10 News Stories of 2011:

10. For one day in June, Medfield was in the spotlight, courtesy of Fox 25's morning news team as part of the network's Zip Trip tour around Massachusetts. 

9. Medfield began a pilot program to reduce Lyme disease this past year through a controlled deer hunt. The deer culling program was recommended by the town's Lyme Disease Study Committee and endorsed by the Board of Selectmen. Hunting season in town opened Oct. 17 and closes on Dec. 31. 

8. The town was surprised to learn the popular family restaurant on Main Street had abruptly closed its doors in October due to the franchise filing for bankruptcy. 

7. Richard DeSorgher Retires from Announcing Medfield High School Football: Richard DeSorgher called his last Medfield High School football game on Sept. 9 before retiring after 16 years of being the voice of the Warriors.

6. Medfield's Matt Triest, 16, opened his own business on Cape Cod this past summer – Kids Creative Corner – where he sells all kinds of goodies for children in the area.

5. : Tireless efforts by members of the Lowell Mason Foundation to save Lowell Mason's birth house paid off in a major way in April when the historic home moved from Adams Street to Green Street.

4. : Middlesex Savings Bank was robbed in March by a man who allegedly was linked to other robberies in the area. It was the town's first bank robbery in over a decade.

3. It was an unsettling scene on North Street in April after a car accelerated in the Post Office parking lot and rolled over into the Beginning Years Child Development Center's playground.

2. : An October snowstorm (see this year's top story in town) left the town damaged and without power for days. As a result of the storm, the town deemed it unsafe for children to be trick-or-treating in dark neighborhoods with trees and wires down. After a meeting amongst town officials, and urged parents to keep their children from trick-or-treating on Oct. 31. Over 300 Medfield Patch readers weighed in on the town's decision via our poll asking what you thought of Halloween being postponed. The decision even led to a small telling the town to let parents decide.

1. and : For many, 2011 was the year of weather disasters and Medfield saw its fair share of snow, tornado warnings and hurricanes. As a result of the toll weather took on Medfield this year (and for it postponing Halloween), it is this year's top story in town. this past winter led to power outages and moderate damage around town as town employees worked tireless to clean up the mess. In Medfield, the extreme weather forced . Damage aroundl. Then in August, , tormented much of the state with downed trees, power lines and other debris. related to the storm and most of the town was left in the dark, . To view Medfield Patch's photo gallery of the storm, . Then in October, Medfield, along with most of Massachusetts, was hit by a that left roughly three inches of snow in town. The wet snow coupled with leaves still on trees led to downed limbs and loss of power for many residents. At the peak of this storm's destruction, .