Thank you, Elmhurst Patch Readers!

Thanks to all of you, October was a banner month for the Elmhurst Patch!

72,782 people read 198,797 pages on the Patch. To put that in perspective, in Oct. 2014, 42,203 people were reading the Elmhurst Patch.

Across Patch’s network of 913 hyperlocal news sites, more than 17 million people read 47 million pages in October. That’s 5 million more people than the previous October.

We want you to know that we’re committed to hyperlocal coverage of Elmhurst, and we couldn’t pull it off without all the tips, comments, posts and shares from our readers and the support of our local advertisers. Thank you!

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