North Reading's Week in Social Media

Here at North Reading Patch, social media is a big deal. It's how we interact with you, answer your questions and get to see what's on your mind. Social Media Saturday is a weekly feature where we highlight your questions and thoughts you've shared on Facebook and other media throughout the past week. We'll also point you to some new and interesting pages you may not have known about before.

Overheard

Here is a sampling of comments and happenings on our Facebook page and the social media world from the past week:

• Social media played a big role in keeping people informed about developments during . Shortly after the incident was reported, North Reading Patch posted information to its Facebook page before a team of reporters headed to the scene. Meanwhile, reader Dave Richards added comments to that post, providing updates from the scanners as they became available. We owe a big thanks to Dave for helping us pass along timely updates.
• Reader Gillian Casey said the best place to spend St. Patrick's Day is the , with its top-notch Irish step dancers. Reader Shannon Moynihan said the best place, in her opinion, was Harrington's in Wakefield. Head over to our Facebook page and tell us what you did for St. Patrick's Day.
• We posted a question last week asking readers who they thought would win the NCAA men's basketball national championship. North Reading Patch is going with Syracuse (full disclosure: the editor is a proud graduate). Who do you think will win it all? 

Facebook page of the week

Check out Moynihan Lumber's Facebook page this week. For every new fan that Moynihan Lumber receives by April 30, it will donate $1 to the North Reading Food Pantry.

Your town on Facebook

For more Facebook pages North Reading residents might find interesting, check out our list of . And don’t forget to follow North Reading Patch at www.facebook.com/NorthReadingPatch.

You also can follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/NReadingPatch.