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Top-10 Hillsborough Photos for 2012

We picked out favorites from the year—what were your most memorable photos?

 
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5-Foot Python Found on Hillsborough Street
Hillsborough Police snapped this photo of Detective Hank Olszyk with the 5-foot python found in Hillsborough in May. We featured a few animal photos—bears, frogs—but this was the only python and one of the most read stories on Hillsborough Patch. Hillsborough Police
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Pete Biondi's widow, Joan, unveils the sign on Hillsborough's municipal building, named the Peter J. Biondi Building last year, during the September ceremony dedicating the plaque. Credit Mike Deak
Bikers travel through the Duke Farms grounds, passing the remnants of a Hay Barn destroyed in 1915 and now home to a statue garden and trumpet vines that will attract humming birds. The 2,300-acre estate opened to the public for the first time since 1915 in May, offering miles of trails for hiking and biking. Credit Courtesy Duke Farms
Ab Fab Coiffure's co-owner Spica Usher and Lindsey Gulick chat as workers try to locate and repair a gas pipeline leak on Route 206 in December. An estimated 2,300 gallons leaked from the pipeline between Dec. 8 and Dec. 10, and the work to repair the leak created problems for the businesses near New Amwell Road and Route 206. Credit John Patten
Queen Guenevere (Taniah Van Ness) and King Arthur (Christopher Sireci) listen to the advice of Merlin (not pictured) during the Hillsborough Middle School production. School plays at the middle school and high school entertained audiences throughout the year. Credit Eileen Oldfield
Readers submitted dozens of photos of the damage around town caused by Superstorm Sandy—including this photo from Laura O'Donnell of Joey standing next to a fallen tree. Credit John Patten
Residents may have been prepared for the power outage that followed Superstorm Sandy, but no one anticipated the gas rationing which was instituted for 10 days. Lines of people trying to buy gas created a sight we've never seen before—and hope to never again. Reader Daryl T. Meek provided this shot of the lines at the QuickChek for our Pics and Clips Gallery. Credit Daryl T. Meek
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It's said a picture is worth a thousand words, and in the case of news photos, we'd say sometimes even more.

Looking back on 2012 in Hillsborough, we found a number of poignant, insightful and sometimes beautiful photos that captured not only the top news stories of the year but sometimes also a moment in time.

We've narrowed our favorites down to 10 photos, some we took, some readers provided, some uploaded to our Pics and Clips Gallery by readers.

What were your favorite photos for 2012? Tell us if we missed your favorites in the comments box below. 

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Laura Madsen

11:09 am on Friday, December 28, 2012

Great choice for the gas lines photo taken by Daryl T. Meek. It's not an event we wish to relive, but the photo captures some of the unbelievability of Superstorm Sandy.
For more photos of how Sandy affected the inland areas of NJ you can see them here on Patch: http://hillsborough.patch.com/blog_posts/some-snapshots-of-sandy#photo-12031715

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