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

SUDBURY, MA—Thank you, Sudbury 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.

Sudbury Patch launched eight years ago on Aug. 26. We've come a long way, and you're a big reason why.

In August 2018, Sudbury Patch recorded 25,354 visitors. For a town of 18,897 people, that's a lot of readers. Our visitors hail from Sudbury, for sure, but many residents of neighboring towns also land on Sudbury 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 Sudbury Patch in August.

• New Restaurants, Avalon, Opening At Meadow Walk Sudbury
• L-S Among Best Public High Schools In MA: New Rankings 2019
• The Most Expensive House On The Sudbury Market Is $3.5 Million
• New Section Of Assabet River Rail Trail Opens
• Is Your Pooch Top Dog? Enter Patch's 'Top Dog In MA' Contest
• Meadow Walk Restaurants, Eversource Work: The Week In Sudbury
• The Dog Flu Has Come to Massachusetts: MSPCA Warning
• Bear Spotted In Nearby Concord, Police Warn
• Eversource Starts Work In Sudbury On MBTA Corridor
• Sudbury Plans 9-11 Commemoration: 3 Residents Died In Attack

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 Sudbury Patch's calendar of events — more than 10,400 visits were made to our calendar in August. Coming up soon on the calendar are a ski and sport sale, Volksfest and tryouts for the Nutcracker. Sounds like a lot of fun in Sudbury in the coming months!

Thanks so much Christina Granahan, Yisroel Freeman and Kathy Newman 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, check out this awesome contribution recently from Daniel Cetrone, who submitted an excellent review of nearby Marlborough's Labor Day Parade to share on Sudbury Patch.

What else is new? So far this year, nearly 100 new email subscribers have joined Sudbury Patch, boosting our email list to 1,671 daily subscribers. (Wait? You don't get our email? Click here and we'll hook you up.) And 651 Sudbury lovers joined our Facebook page this year, too. We're at 1,626 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.

If you own a local business and are interested in getting your message on Sudbury 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. Sudbury 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 Sudbury Patch a part of your life. Thank you so much for your support and readership.

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Photo Credit: Amy Sauer