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Start Spreading the News: Post Business Announcements, Holiday Fair Events, Cultural Events and More

Find your audience and build one with Patch posts.


Patch offers free, quick and easy ways for you to post information about your organization, your business, your event.

You can also post your point of view about a given topic. Or send out a plea for help with a fundraiser or for help finding a lost pet.

Your post may also finds its way in our news well, featured as a Top News item. To qualify for a run as a news item you need to add a photograph to your posting and the post must have some broad appeal.

That gives you two venues on the homepage to circulate information.

Get started with your posts by using the links below. If you need help please email our community editor, Tamara Starr, tamara.starr@patch.com, and request it.

Here are avenues you can take to get your words and photos out to our Patch readers:

  • A brand new Business Updates board (Click on "Post") where you can post sales, deals, new hires, changes in business hours - whatever it is you want to announce. 
  • A freshly updated events calendar (Click on "Post an Event") that's quicker and easier to post to. 
  • Local Voices blogging platform (Click on "Start Your Own Blog") perfect for showcasing what makes your business special. We've already developed the audience - take advantage of the readers to get your message out. 

To get involved, it's free and easy. Just check out these links. 

  1. First, create an account on Patch (*one login works for all Patch sites nationwide)
  2. Second, check out the events calendar. To post, click here.
  3. To create a blog, follow this link. Once you've created it, you can post all of your stories right here. (Users can subscribe to your blog, so when you post something new they'll receive an email to check it out.)


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