To Our Contributors And Readers: A Thank You From Natick Patch

NATICK, MA—Thank you, Natick 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.

Natick Patch launched nearly eight years ago, on Dec. 14. We've come a long way, and you're a big reason why.
In August 2018, Natick Patch recorded 19,339 visitors. For a town of 36,137 people, that's a lot of readers. Our visitors hail from Natick, for sure, but many residents of neighboring towns also land on Natick 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 Natick Patch in August.

• Tiny House In Natick Going For $329,900
• WATCH: Video Shows Couple, With Child, Stealing From Natick Store
• 'How Many More Lives?' Natick Responds To Opioid Crisis
• Mexican Restaurant, Tequila Bar, Adding Lunch Hours
• Natick Author Wins Top Romance Writing Award
• Animal Cruelty Bill Passes House And Senate
• New Chief For The Natick Fire Department
• Battle Over Selling A 115-Year Old Natick Family Farm
• Special Town Meeting For Natick Recreational Marijuana Regs
• Celebrate Agribiz With Beer, BBQ, Music At Lookout Farm In Natick

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 Natick Patch's calendar of events— more than 10,400 visits were made to our calendar in August. Coming up soon on the calendar are Wegmans Natick hosts Lobsterfest!, Harvest Dinner and Auction and PJ Library Books and Blocks Drop-In Playgroup. Sounds like a lot of fun in Natick in the coming months!

Thanks so much for being among our trusty contributors, Build Natick, Carol Murphy and Mary Heavey Quinn.

If you would like to post on Natick 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, check out this awesome contribution recently from Marisa Fanelli, who submitted a feature about helping out a local family to share on Natick Patch.

What else is new? So far this year, more than 150 mail subscribers have joined Natick Patch, boosting our email list to 1,675 daily subscribers. (Wait? You don't get our email? Click here and we'll hook you up.) And more than 150 Natick lovers joined our Facebook page this year, too. We're at 3,008 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.

If you own a local business and are interested in getting your message on Natick Patch or our nearby Patches, please visit the page and tell us what you need. One of our sales reps will be in touch.

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. Natick 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 Natick Patch a part of your life. Thank you so much for your support and readership.

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Photo Credit: Natick staffer/Natick Patch Facebook page