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2011 Brookfield Year in Review

Check out our series reviewing the top articles of 2011.

Posted by Aaron Boyd (Editor), January 2, 2012 at 07:16 am

Last week, we sifted through the Brookfield Patch archives for the best articles, photos and videos of the year to compile the . Follow the links below to see the most read, most engaging and most interesting Brookfield stories from 2011.

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