Thank You, Parsippany Readers, For Visiting Us

Thank you, Parsippany 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 this year.

In August, Parsippany Patch recorded 87,360 visitors. For a town of 53,258 people, that's a lot of readers! Our visitors hail from Parsippany, for sure, but many residents of neighboring towns also land on Parsippany 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.

Since our launch on Dec. 2, 2010, Parsippany Patch has come a long way, and you're a big reason why. Thank you.

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

• Drowning Boy Saved By Bystander, Teen Lifeguards In Parsippany
• West Nile Virus Found Near Little League Field In Morris Co.
• No Injuries In Tuesday Parsippany House Fire
• Shake Shack Coming To Parsippany
• New Indian Restaurant Opens In Parsippany
• Mail Drop Boxes Broken Into In Parsippany: Police
• Taco Festival Coming Back To North Jersey This Fall
• Who's Running In The Parsippany School Board Election?
• Major, Multi-Month Roadwork Coming To Parsippany
• Parsippany Schools Among 2018 'Best Music Education' Districts

Got a news tip? I'm Katie Kausch, your local editor. I've been covering Morris County for almost two years now, and love hearing from readers. Send your tips, ideas and questions my way at katie.kausch@patch.com.

Our readers also love Parsippany Patch's calendar of events— more than 17,076 visits were made to our calendar in August. Coming up soon on the calendar area free toddler music class, a SAT prep class, and the annual "gold out" football game. Sounds like a lot of fun in Parsippany this month!

If you would like to post on Parsippany 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."

What else is new? So far this year, 616 new email subscribers have joined Parsippany Patch. (Wait? You don't get our email? Click here and we'll hook you up.) There's also plenty of Parsippany lovers following our Facebook page, too. We're almost at 4,500 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 4,500 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. Parsippany Patch is part of a broad network, with dozens of Patches in New Jersey and more than 1,200 across the United States. That's a lot of local news!

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

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Image: "Summertime in Rainbow Lakes," taken by Carrie Furlong.