Madison Patch Readers: Thank You For Helping Us Grow

Thank you, Madison 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.

In August, Madison Patch recorded 27,867 visitors. For a village of 18,151 people, that's a lot of readers! Our visitors hail from Madison, for sure, but many residents of neighboring towns also land on Madison 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 5 of the most-read articles on Madison Patch in August.

• Madison Surf Club Trashed, Suspects Sought: Report
• Black Bear Sightings In Madison
• Madison's Teacher Of The Year Named
• 'One Of A Kind' Madison House Just Listed
• Madison Beach Club Turns Into "Speakeasy" For Follies

Got a news tip? I'm Brian McCready, your local editor. I have been in journalism in Connecticut for 20 years working at various publications including the New Haven Register, Branford Review, East Haven Advertiser, and the Shoreline Times. Send your tips, ideas and questions my way at brian.mccready@patch.com.

Our readers also love Madison Patch's calendar of events — more than 12,453 visits were made to our calendar in 2018. Coming up soon on the calendar are auditions for the Wizard of Oz and a farmers market.

If you would like to post on Madison 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, a new bright spot at Madison Patch is our Patch Mayor program. As our Patch Mayor you can help keep Madison Patch a friendly local spot. Learn more about the Patch Mayor program here.

What else is new? So far this year, 222 new email subscribers have joined Madison Patch, boosting our email list to 2,681 daily subscribers. (Wait? You don't get our email? Click here and we'll hook you up.) And 189 Madison lovers joined our Facebook page this year, too. We're almost at 2,500! 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 2,500 fans in September would be a huge milestone for us.

If you own a local business and are interested in getting your message on Madison 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. Madison Patch is part of a broad network, with more than six dozen Patches in Connecticut 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 Madison Patch a part of your life. Thank you so much for your support and readership.

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