The Top Salisbury Patch Stories of 2011

Here are the top 10 most-read stories of 2011 on Salisbury Patch:

1. Some Salisbury Football Booster Club members complained to the school board that football coach Rob Sawicki verbally abused the team and undermined morale, others said the coaching lacked leadership.

2. Days after parents complained to the school board about him, Rob Sawicki quits as head varsity football coach.

3. Dr. Rick Boulay, a gynecologic oncologist at , made several CDs of classical and popular songs to help those touched by cancer cope, including his own family.

4. Salisbury commissioners voted unanimously to suspend Officer Jason Laky for neglect and violation of official duties and conduct unbecoming an officer.

5. Butch Rossetti, booster club president, said he was relieved Salisbury High School’s varsity football coach resigned and his group would support the next coach “100 percent.”

6. . Salisbury Townsip police responded to a call from 1102 Americus Avenue where Cody Scheetz, 20, of South Whitehall, was bleeding from a gunshot to the abdomen and later died.

7. Kate Mack, a 29-year-old English teacher at Southern Lehigh High School, has been busy since she was crowned Mrs. Pennsylvania in March.

8. Newly installe vending machines at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest offer kosher, vegan, gluten-free, organic and locally sourced snacks and drinks.

9. Lehigh Valley Hospital's "Sushi Surgeons" are defeated by the Jaindl Elementary School "Sushi Scholars" in the sushi-making contest at Kome restaurant that raises money for charities.

10. . The Allentown Goose closed its small neighborhood grocery store on E. Emmaus Avenue after 15 years, but continued its catering service.