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 Patch 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 few weeks from Patch.

Monmouth County Grand Jury Indicts Long Branch Man For 2013 Double Murder

Former Devils Star Dowd On Trial In Wall On Charge He Kicked Player

Middletown Police Shut Down Several Lanes Of Highway To Rescue Cat

Bishop Approves Plan Allowing Mater Dei Prep In Middletown To Become Private, Catholic High School

Two Men Get Life Sentences In 2010 Stabbing Murders Of Freehold Siblings

Former Manalapan Mayor Sentenced To Five Years In Prison In Fraud Case

Marlboro High School Teachers Make List of Area’s Best Educators

Aberdeen Police Blotter

Authorities Rule Rumson Mansion Fire Accidental

Former Howell Man Indicted In Fatal Hit-And-Run