North Fork Patch Seeks Nominations for 'Community Heroes of 2011'

With Time magazine announcing its Person of the Year this week, we here at North Fork Patch thought it might be fun to launch our own people-of-the-year contest.

But we need your help in compiling this list of some of the greatest members of our unique community. Think back on this tumultuous year filled with, an , then a, several , (or ), and all the and fun the North Fork usually provides.

Send us your picks to editor Erin Schultz at erins@patch.com, comment on this post or through Facebook. We will pick 10 greatest community members from that list and post during our Year in Review week between Christmas and New Year's Day.