"5 Things You Need to Know..." About What You Can Do On Manchester Patch

Although Manchester Patch is committed to brining you the latest in breaking news and events in town each day, our site offers so many more functions and features that allow users to fully collaborate, interact, and get the most out of their community. 

Here's five things you may not have known you can do on Manchester Patch: 

1. Got a news tip, a beat on a cool story, or even just a suggestion on how we can make the site better? You can either click on the Tell Us tab or the How can we improve Patch? tabs on the right and bottom of most pages, respectably, or send an email directly to Manchester Patch Editor David Moran. He'll thank you for it. 

2. Got some info of your own you want known, like say a new marriage or a baby, you can turn it into an Announcement on the site yourself. 

3. Got an old bike you want to get ride of, or maybe you're market for a new second-hand bike, or a new job, our Classified section is what you're looking for. 

4. If you've got an event coming up that you want people to know about, you can always add it to our Event Calendar. 

5. Want headlines from Manchester Patch delivered directly to your blog or Web site? Now you can stream all the Manchester news — or just certain categories — directly there for you and your visitors. 

With our new widget feature, you can create a box that's easily insertable into blogs and Web pages. It's also customizable by topic, so if you just want sports, you can limit to sports or if you just want police and fire news, you get police and fire news. Just scroll down to the bottom of the main page and click on "Widgets" to find the directions of how to insert the news feed. Or just click here.

And, of course, you can always follow Manchester Patch on Facebook or Twitter to receive delay updates and breaking news alerts as they happen. We'd like you for it.