Top 10 Stories of 2012: Sandy Hits Bedford Hard

Top 10 Stories of 2012: Bedford Proves Vital for Romney Campaign

Bedford Patch launched in June of 2011, making 2012 the first complete year of full-time hyper-local online community coverage in Bedford.

In the last 12 months, readers have been treated with some uplifting and positive stories and accomplishments. At other times, Patch has been forced to cover local and national tragedies that make us all take pause and remember who and what is most important to us.

We thought it only fitting that, as we approach 2013, we look back at some of the most interesting and newsworthy local stories of the last year. After all, where else are you going to get a list that's entirely dedicated to Bedford?

#6: Bedford Hit Hard by Sandy

As late October approached and residents along the East Coast of the United States began to feel comfortable in the fact that Hurricane season was coming to an end, Mother Nature had one last trick up her sleeve.

Hurricane Sandy was brewing in the Caribbean, and as the super storm made its way up the Atlantic coast, picking up steam, residents in the northeast began to take notice.

Sandy came ashore in New Jersey, decimating parts of the Garden State and New York, but her fury was felt hundreds of miles north, into New Hampshire, where Bedford did not escape the storm's wrath.

As trees fell and transformers exploded throughout town thousands were left powerless and at least one Bedford family had to be rescued after being trapped inside their home during the peak of the storm.

Power restoration and cleanup took days, but Bedford and neighboring communities recovered quickly compared to New York, New Jersey and other states that received the brunt of the storm's impact.

The Top 10 Newsworthy Stories of 2012

#10: Bedford hires a new town manager

#9: Frank Szabo's abortion remarks spark outrage

#8: Bedford All-Stars fall one win short of Little League World Series

#7: Bedford plays large role in Romney's primary victory

#6: Sandy knocks out power to thousands in Bedford

#5: Plenty of Fireworks in District 9 Senate Race

#4: Sparks fly in Bedford Town Moderator Race

#3: Sunday, Dec. 30 4 p.m.

#2: Monday, Dec. 31, 6 a.m.

#1: Monday, Dec. 31, 4 p.m.

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