Thank You Bethel Patch Readers!

Thanks to all of you, October was a banner month for Bethel Patch!

In October 2015, Bethel Patch had a total of 94,760 page views. In October 2014, Bethel Patch had a total of 12,857 users and this October we had a total of 35,616 users.

Across Patch’s network of 913 hyperlocal news sites, more than 17 million people read 47 million pages in October 2015. That’s 5 million more people than the previous October.

We want you to know that we’re committed to hyperlocal coverage of Bethel, and we couldn’t pull it off without all the tips, comments, board and classifieds posts and shares from our readers as well as the support of our local advertisers. Thank you!

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Thanks again for reading. Hope to see you soon on Patch!