Editor's Notebook: Patch Celebrates its 100th Site Launch

Patch celebrates its 100th launch of Morristown, N.J. today. 

Patch was founded in February of 2008 in New York City and the first Patch sites launched simultaneously in Maplewood, South Orange and Millburn-Short Hills, New Jersey in February 2009.

Since the very first launch, we have collectively produced more than 55,000 articles and nearly 1 million photos. 

The company was acquired by AOL in June 2009 and AOL has since invested $50 million in Patch. We're now in 9 states — New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Illinois and California. 

Patch is all about filling a huge need in local communities — we provide space on the Web where everything that's going on in your town is in one place. It's interactive and complete. Professional journalists and freelancers constantly update the site with stories, photos and videos. 

We want to make your life better by giving you quick access to the information that's most relevant to you.

Patch makes it easy to:

• Keep up with news and events;
• Look at photos and videos from around town;
• Learn about local businesses;
• Participate in discussions;
• Submit your own announcements, photos, and review.

Yorktown Patch was launched on May 28, 2010. 

Our goal is if it matters to Yorktown, it's on Yorktown Patch. We cover everything from local government, schools, police issues to arts and entertainment. 

We have covered a variety of stories, like incredible service programs, a business story about Costco's plans of coming into town, a massive police search for a man, which resulted in a school going into lockout mode, circus coverage, the suicide of a Lakeland graduate and army private, and her funeral; the family for a White Plains police officer, who died on duty, held his wake and funeral services in town; the arraignment of a male and woman accused of raping a 15-year-old girl; a dog died in a 140-degree van on a hot summer day. We also covered community events that matter to you like Relay for Life. On our site you can find stories about sports, theatre productions, improvements to the senior center, fundraisers, political races; you can meet other members of the community, and read restaurant reviews.

People care about what's going on in their communities and that's why this hyper-local community journalism is so important.

So please, let us know what you'd like to see on Yorktown Patch by contacting Local Editor Plamena Pesheva at plamena@patch.com — a proud graduate of Yorktown High School.