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People say the darnedest things - and that's never been more true than in the Royal City in 2011. Reporters Theresa McManus and Alfie Lau have compiled some of their favourite quotes from 2011.

As we bid farewell to 2011, let's take a look at the year and some of the top stories.

Mark the calendars: the date's been set for an upcoming children's fair in New Westminster. The first annual Royal City Kids Fair is slated to run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21, in the Sapperton Pensioners Hall.

For Capt. Dave Macpherson of the New Westminster Salvation Army Citadel, Christmas came late on the afternoon of Dec. 28.

Missed the Boxing Day sales? No problem - a pair of local parentfocused businesses are helping to keep the post-holiday savings going into January.

In a year when the city had both a federal and a civic election, development of the downtown core really started to take shape, the Woodlands Centre Block tower came down and concerned citizens railed about Westminster Pier Park, New Westminster was

Barbara Empey is grateful to the kindhearted customers at the Waffle House who are helping needy folks at Christmas.

If you're on a last-minute gift search, consider a book by one of our local authors. New Westminster is home to some remarkable talent. Annabel Lyon won the Rogers Writer's Trust Fiction Prize for The Golden Mean.

Perhaps it's a sign of how tough an economic time we're living in, but donations at the iconic Salvation Army Christmas kettles in New Westminster are trending down in the final days before Christmas. Capt.