What Were The Top Stories in Cleveland Heights in 2011?

Cleveland Heights has seen its share of big news in 2011.

Several new businesses have popped up like , , and . And neighborhood favorites like have shuttered.

The football team had a historic season, , and secured a spot in the .

Cleveland Heights residents followed the news about the proposed development of the , wondering what the fate of the Cleveland Heights side would be.

And no one could forget the which prompted Cleveland Heights City Council to in specific business districts and the .

Then there was the strange. who fled all the way to Cleveland Heights, and that $15 parking ticket Cleveland Browns star didn't think he deserved and battled.

And the tragic. Police the fatal shooting the Saturday after Thanksgiving that .

What do you think was the biggest story in Cleveland Heights for 2011? Tell us in the comments, and the staff at Cleveland Heights Patch will take your suggestions and organize them into a poll for readers to pick the biggest story of 2011. The story will run on Dec. 22 — Cleveland Heights Patch's one-year anniversary.