Thanks For Reading West Orange Patch: Stats, Top Stories, FAQs

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Thank you, West Orange Patch readers, for taking time to spend a few moments with us. We appreciate your visits and contributions, and we want you to know we take nothing for granted here. Gratitude for helping us to grow and thrive!

Many of our visitors hail from West Orange , but residents of neighboring towns also land on the West Orange Patch from time to time, too. As of Sept. 9, 2018, local readership totals included:

• 2,022 newsletter subscribers
• 1,928 Facebook followers
• 8,955 local calendar and event page views (January – August 2018)

Those figures — compiled and verified through Google Analytics — include readers on desktop, laptop, tablet, mobile and our app (our visitors often access Patch on several devices over the month).

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Photo via Realtor.com: This West Orange home belonged to Charles Edison, ex-New Jersey governor and son of famed inventor Thomas Edison