To Our Contributors And Readers: Thank You From Marlborough Patch

MARLBOROUGH, MA—Thank you, Marlborough Patch readers, for taking time in your busy days to spend a few moments with Patch. We appreciate your visits and contributions, and we want you to know we take nothing for granted here. Thank you for helping us to grow and thrive.

Marlborough Patch launched nearly eight years ago on Dec. 28. We've come a long way, and you're a big reason why. In August 2018, Marlborough Patch recorded 17,895 visitors. For a town of 39,697 people, that's a lot of readers. Our visitors hail from Marlborough, for sure, but many residents of neighboring towns also land on Marlborough Patch from time to time, too. That figure — compiled and verified through Google Analytics — includes readers on desktop, laptop, tablet, mobile and our app, and our visitors often access Patch on several devices over the month.

Here are 10 of the most-read articles on Marlborough Patch in August.

• Cell Phone Hotel at Marlborough High School Helps Students Focus
• West Nile Detected In Marlborough, Area Sprayed
• Marlborough School Among Best In MA: New Rankings 2019
• Marlborough Wow! House Is Unique Custom On More Than 8 Acres
• Marlborough Woman Leads March, Vigil At Major Opioid-Maker
• Overnight Bridge Work Begins Friday In Marlborough
• Arrest For Cruelty To Animals, Vandalism: Marlborough Police Log
• Marlborough's $2.7 Million MassWorks Project To East Main Done
• Level 3 Sex Offender Newly Working In Marlborough
• Marlborough Police Department Welcomes New Officer

Got a news tip? I'm Charlene Arsenault, your local editor. I'm an animal nut, play in a band and I basically find everyone and everything interesting (or funny). So, send your tips, ideas and questions my way at charlene.arsenault@patch.com.

Our readers also love Marlborough Patch's calendar of events— more than 12,265 visits were made to our calendar in August. Coming up soon on the calendar are a 5th Annual CaRMaH Feline Film Festival and the Forrest Memorial Road Race. Sounds like a lot of fun in Marlborough in the coming months!

Thanks so much to "Sunseal2," "CarMah" and Michelle Murdock for being among our trusty contributors.
If you would like to post on Sudbury Patch, too, you may easily to sign up for a free user profile. As a Patch user, you can post articles, events, jobs, and announcements. And the "rules of Patch" are easy to follow: "no abusive content, no commercial spam, keep it local, and be awesome."

Speaking of awesome, look at this contribution to Marlborough Patch about Mark Vital, a teacher at the Advanced Math & Science Academy is putting together three mobile museums to cover World War II, Korean War and the Vietnam War.

What else is new? So far this year, nearly 200 new email subscribers have joined Marlborough Patch, boosting our email list to 1,750 daily subscribers. (Wait? You don't get our email? Click here and we'll hook you up.) And 200 Marlborough lovers joined our Facebook page this year, too. We're at 3,851 fans! If you haven't liked our page yet, please give it a try. If you're already on the page, please share with a friend. Reaching 2,000 fans in September would be a huge milestone for us.

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Here's another fun fact about Patch: Did you know that Patch is among the 100 most trafficked websites in the United States? Patch ranks 91st on the most viewed websites in the country, according to Alexa. Marlborough Patch is part of a broad network, with nearly 100 Massachusetts Patches and more than 1,200 across the United States. That's a lot of local news, right there.

Many news websites are limiting access to free articles, but Patch articles and events by our journalists and our users are always free to view.

We're thrilled you've made Marlborough Patch a part of your life. Thank you so much for your support and readership.

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Photo Credit: Charlene Arsenault, Patch staff