I can't believe it's already been one year since I've been working at the Staten Island Advance/SILive.com. It has been such a great experience.

Here are 12 of my favorite stories I've worked on over the past year (one for each month):

1. A personal project that I've wanted to pursue for a long time:

"Where Life Leads You" tells the riveting, heart-wrenching stories of 10 Holocaust survivors who endured the horrors of Nazi-occupied Europe, and were able to start a new life on Staten Island. They leave the viewer with a powerful and enlightening message. (Video: Shira Stoll)

2. The most fun I have ever had covering an event:

Dogs celebrate the end of summer at a pool party in Staten Island. (Video: Shira Stoll)

3. That time I got obsessed with a vacant prison and needed to know more:

Three former correctional officers recall the stories of Arthur Kill Correctional Facility. (Video: Shira Stoll)

4. The closest I've ever been to a bald eagle and the nicest woman I've ever met:

An injured bald eagle was found outside of a West Brighton, Staten Island home on November 17, 2017. (Video by Shira Stoll)

5. That time I was sent to do a profile on a high school football player, and uncovered a different narrative (and then it was nominated for an Emmy):

"It's God's plan, I believe," says Amad Anderson Sr. In 1999, Anderson was a senior football player at Hofstra University when his career was tragically cut short. Now he watches as his son, Amad Anderson Jr., follows in his footsteps as a star wide receiver at Curtis High School.

6. The weirdest story I've ever worked on:

R.A.T.S. (Ryders Alley Trencher Fed Society) train their dogs to hunt and kill rats in NYC. (Video: Shira Stoll)

7. When my manager said "so apparently there's this guy that has a lot of hair in his garage...":

Nicholas Piazza has been a wig maker, hair stylist, and wig designer in New York City for 50 years and is still working hard at his craft. (Video: Shira Stoll)

8. When I filmed a dirty beach & Erik wrote an awesome story and then Senator Schumer actually did something about it:

The beach at Great Kills park is filled with dead animals, needles, and garbage. In this video, Gateway National Park responds to the problem. (Video: Shira Stoll)

9. The silliest story I've ever worked on:

Staten Islanders come out to the goat beauty pageant and fun family activities at Fort Wadsworth. (Video: Shira Stoll)

10. One of my favorite team assignments:

Video features a time-lapse of the eclipse and reactions from the Staten Island Museum Discovery Camp at Snug Harbor, the College of Staten Island, and Pouch Camp. (Video: Shira Stoll, Bill Lyons, Amanda Steen, and Christy Calcagno)

11. The first time I made an on-camera appearance... and had to throw hatchets:

Stumpy's Hatchet House in New Jersey opened a little over a year ago and has been drawing crowds from Staten Island. Two of our reporters checked it out and had a best out of ten throwing competition. (Video by Amanda Steen and Shira Stoll)

12. And ending on my favorite place I've gotten to explore - the bell tower (and this adorable father-son moment):

After 30 years of silence, the bells at St. Peter's Church are ready to sing. Michael and Danny Cavanaugh have been volunteering at the church in St. George over the past three months and finished phase one of the job. Phase two will be restoring the clocks. (Video: Shira Stoll)

Thanks for a great year, SILive.com!