Our New Year's resolution at Caldwells Patch? To highlight and bring you some of the great coverage happening in nearby towns. And was 2010 a year to remember at Patch! We added, oh, a few hundred new sites from coast to coast. Locally, we went from five Essex County sites to 10: In addition to Livingston, Millburn, South Orange, and Maplewood, West Orange, Montclair, Bloomfield, Verona-Cedar Grove and Belleville launched in 2010.  Here are some of the best images of the year, caught by Patch photographers and contributors. Some are from the Caldwells and some are from our sister Patch …

"Remember When?" by Ron Albanese is the area's only historic, nostalgic look at the life of a lad growing up in the Caldwells in the late '70s and early '80s. Here's a look back at some of our favorite look backs from 2010. Sweatin' and Swinging' to the Oldies The Trails and Tribulations of the Sewer Plant Let it Snow: The Blizzard of 1978 School Camping–What a Trip School Memories Part II: Highs/Lows of Junior High  

No matter what time of year it is, there is rarely a day when Travis Trent does not have a hockey stick in his hand. West Essex head coach Mike Giampapa recalls seeing Trent, now a senior, practicing his craft outside one day last year despite a flood. "There must have been only 10 feet of driveway and Travis is out there shooting a puck into the net," said Giampapa, who lives only a couple of doors down in Fairfield from the Trent family. "It's everyday he is out there shooting the puck." Even when the ice melts outside and it is in the 90s, Trent is still plugging away at some form of …

A countdown of the stories Caldwells Patch readers wanted to read about most in 2010. 10. The State Department of Education announced in March Caldwell-West Caldwell and North Caldwell school districts would lose all state aid, while the West Essex Regional School District would be cut by nearly 90 percent. 9. The North Caldwell governing body shuffle: North Caldwell Borough Administrator Joseph Kunz resigned; Mayor Mel Levine stepped down and was appointed administrator; Council President Joseph Alessi was appointed interim mayor; Arthur Rees was appointed to fill the remainder of Alessi'…

The year 2010 was quite an explosive year in sports for Caldwell, West Essex and Mount St. Dominic. ■ West Essex ice hockey team takes state title - The Knights defeated Hopewell Valley, 3-0, at the Prudential Center in March that completed eighth-seeded West Essex's drive to the Public B championship. Matt Trenk, Wes Bechtler, and Travis Trent scored a goal each for the Knights while goalie Mike Cuozzo made 17 saves. West Essex finished with a 19-5-4 record and it was the second state title for the school. The other championship came in 2004. ■ West Essex baseball team takes state title - …

In 2010, we said hello to ... 1.     Stop & Shop The opening of the supermarket that replaced Kings in West Caldwell is certainly the most anticipated new business, with the largest square footage. 2.     Smith & Company moved around the corner from its original Smull Avenue location to the more visible Bloomfield Avenue storefront that used to be home to Just for Kixx. 3.     Genc's Pizza teased us for months with a sign in the window reading $5 pies all the time. In September, we finally got to try them. 4.     Art Devons brightened up the center of downtown Caldwell with a sleek metallic …