An Update From Patch

This evening and part of Saturday, Patch will be undergoing site maintenance that will increase the speed at which pages load and allow us to make future improvements to the site more rapidly. This is a first step toward reintroducing popular Patch features such as local calendars and discussion areas.

You can still read Patch while the maintenance is underway, but Patch editors won’t be able to post new stories until Saturday evening.

We will be posting vital breaking news in the meantime on our local Facebook pages (To stay in the loop there, be sure to like the page so the latest updates show up in your news feed).

Thanks for supporting Patch, and thanks for your patience. We’ll let you know when the site is updated. In the meantime, we’ve pulled together some of the top stories from the past week:

• Kiss at First Sight: Strangers Smooch at Boston Marathon, And Now The Hunt’s On | Wellesley, MA Patch
• Woman Squatted in Martha’s Vineyard Home, Had a Yard Sale, Police Say | Martha’s Vineyard, MA Patch
• Falmouth Native Dies of Heroin Overdose; Alleged Dealer Charged with Manslaughter | Falmouth, MA Patch
• UPDATE: 3-Alarm Fire at Carbone’s Restaurant | Holliston-Hopkinton, MA Patch
• Kiss at First Sight, Part 2: Strangers Smooch at Boston Marathon - and the Wife Finds Out | Wellesley, MA Patch
• UPDATED: 1 Dead In Four-Alarm Fire at Arizona Terrace Condominium Complex | Arlington, MA Patch
• Sudbury Couple Vacationing in Virgin Islands Found Stabbed to Death | Sudbury, MA Patch
• Fiery Crash on Route 135 in Ashland; Road Closed | Framingham, MA Patch
• McCuts: What Will You Miss From the McDonald’s Menu? | Weston, MA Patch
• Girl Punched in Face in Abduction Attempt, Knees Attacker in Groin to Escape, Barnstable Police Say | Barnstable-Hyannis, MA Patch
• Police Chief on Alleged Murderer: ‘Mr. Young is Well Known to Us’ | Sudbury, MA Patch
• Officials Announce Suspected Cause of Condo Complex Blaze | Arlington, MA Patch
• Wayland DPW Employee Arraigned on Child Rape Charges | Wayland, MA Patch
• Obituary: Daniel S. Zapantis, 29, Raised and Educated in Beverly | Beverly, MA Patch
• Ted Wells Report on Patriots Deflategate Released | Foxborough, MA Patch

Thanks for reading Patch!