3 Died Too Young, Marriage Vote Gets Firm's 'No': Fridley Patch 2012 Top 20

Cummins Power Generation took a stand days before election on same-sex marriage, and a workplace shooting, a train mishap and disease took the lives of 3 with local ties.

FRIDLEY ON YOUTUBE: Local 'Bros' Give Away Money in Downtown Mpls.

They commit random acts of kindness—to strangers in need, on video.

UPDATED: Missing New Brighton Teen Found Safe

He had been with friends. Police found him in an abandoned trailer, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.

Dance, Democratic Delegate, 'Diaper Duty,' Death: Fridley Patch 2012 Top 20

From celebratory to somber in our countdown of the most-viewed posts this year.

FRIDLEY PATCH TOP 20 OF 2012: They Shaved Girl's Hair, Put Her in Diaper, Made Her Run in Public, Charges Say (#15)

Prosecutors say Fridley couple's "diaper duty" punishment humiliated girl, 12, in May 2012.

YOUR GIFT PICS: Share a Photo of Your Holiday Bounty

Or share a picture of Christmas joy, if you were able to catch it with a camera.

Fridley Man: I Tracked Santa for NORAD in 1962

As a radarman half a century ago, George Scott saw a strange aircraft from his lonely post.

SANTA ON NORAD: Track His Progress Live as He Makes His Way to Fridley

Through the North American Aerospace Defense Command, you can follow the jolly old elf's magical flight on this page.

Strange Tales from World of Politics Proved Popular This Election Year

Fridley Patch starts to count down the Top 20 posts of 2012

YOUR IDEAS: Last-Minute Shopping in the Fridley Area

Help out your desperate neighbors by sharing a suggestion here.

YOUR IDEAS: How to Help Those in Need, Get Help If You're in Need

How have you donated or volunteered to help others? How have you sought help when you're in need? Folks on the Fridley Patch Facebook page shared ideas.

Report: Fridley Snowmobiler Crashes into Mailbox in Fergus Falls

He was wearing a helmet but went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to InForum.com.

PHOTO: Hey Mayans, Don't Let the MN Christmas Tree Hit You on the Way Out

Some Armageddon. All Doomsday did was tip over a newly decorated balsam fir.

Last Day to Shop Holiday Sale at Banfill-Locke

Fridley arts center's 'A Gift for All Seasons' features handmade gifts.

Smashed Window at Trail's End Gun Shop Sparked Police Search in Fridley

Burglar alarm seemed to scare off suspects from store that's seen "feeding frenzy" by firearms shoppers and had similar break-in using bowling-ball-sized boulder in Oct.

'Absolutely Nothing' to Rumored Threats against Spring Lake Park High School

Classes will go on as scheduled. Threats keyed to Dec. 21 Mayan 'Doomsday' are affecting other districts too, police said. Read the District 16 message to parents.

Blackout for Newtown: Patch Sites to Go Dark at 8:30 a.m. CST Friday

Patch will pause to remember the victims at Sandy Hook Elementary.

What Are Your 5 Things to Do in Fridley before the World Ends?

What's on your local bucket list if the Mayans are right?

Fridley Public Schools on Newtown Shootings: 'We're Deeply Saddened, Vigilant"

Each District 14 principal signed a letter to parents in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut.

SEE IT ONLINE: Fridley Winter Community Ed Class Catalog

Flip through course offerings here or at Fridley Public Schools' online viewer.

New Messages on Newtown Shootings from Schools in Fridley Area

Columbia Heights and Anoka-Hennepin districts had new website postings, and Totino-Grace High School put a prayer on Facebook.

Winter Storm Draco to Have Mercy on Fridley

The coming snowstorm will be a near miss to the south of the Twin Cities.

Fridley Namesake's Photo Has Its Day on the 'Net

The Minnesota Historical Society made an 1848 daguerrotype of Abram Fridley its 'Item of the Day.'

Check Out the Best 'Decked' Houses in Patchland

Vote for your favorite in our 'Deck the House' contest.

'Feeding Frenzy' for Guns and Ammunition at Trail's End in Fridley

'The craze is on,' said the outdoors retail store's manager. The store limited purchases of military-style rifles to one per customer on Tuesday.

Fridley Police Help Columbia Heights Police in Search for Robbery Suspect

Authorities set up a perimeter for about an hour after midnight in response to a reported robbery of a person on Peters Place.

Company Where Gunman Killed Spring Lake Park Man 'Horrified' at Newtown Shooting

Accent Signage calls CT rampage 'yet another senseless act of violence'—like the one that took UPS driver Keith Basinski's life in September.

On TPT: 'University Avenue: One Street, A Thousand Dreams'

Nice documentary at 8 p.m. Tuesday ... but ever hear of University Avenue NE?

Ladies of the 80's & Rock it Science at G.B.Leighton's Pickle Park in Fridley

Calvin Christian High School Presents: "Arsenic & Old Lace"

Breakfast with Santa

40th Annual Cooper Arts and Crafts Fair

Arts & Crafts Show

Pumpkin Night In The Park

Pasta Dinner

Fridley Goodwill Recruitment Day

Girl Scout Recruitment Event

Halloween Costume Catwalk

Scrapbooking Warehouse Sale

Holiday Bazaar