To Contributors And Readers: Thank You From Lansdale Patch

LANSDALE, PA — Thank you, Lansdale 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. Thank you for helping us to grow and thrive.

Lansdale Patch launched eight years ago this December. We've come a long way, and you're a big reason why.

In August, Lansdale Patch recorded 58,004 visitors. For a borough of 16,588 people, that's a healthy readership. Our visitors hail from around the North Penn Valley, including Hatfield and North Wales. Readers from Souderton, Harleysville, and other nearby towns land on Lansdale 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 10 of the most-read articles on Lansdale Patch from this summer:

• Lansdale At Risk For Heavy Flooding, Officials Warn
• New Craft Brewery, Well Crafted Beer Co., Coming Soon To Lansdale
• North Penn Unveils 2018 Knights Of Honor Class
• North Penn Reacts To Being Named 17th Best School District In PA
• Beloved Teacher, Lansdale Native, 46, Dies During Road Race
• Former Lansdale Priest Deemed 'Unsuitable' After Drug Charges
• North Penn Appoints 2 New Assistant Superintendents
• Aggressive Driving Crackdown Planned In Montgomery Township
• Coyote Sightings And What They Mean For The Lansdale Area
• Human Diagnosed With West Nile Virus In Montgomery Township

Got a news tip, idea, or question? Send it over to Justin Heinze, Lansdale editor, at justin.heinze@patch.com.

Lansdale's calendar of events has become a popular place for the community to share what's happening. More than 2,900 visits were made to the calendar in August alone. Coming up soon on the calendar are a free summer concert, a star watching event, a local festival, a 5k benefiting Meals on Wheels, and a Civil War Encampment demonstration.

Trusty contributors to Lansdale Patch include Ryan Walsh, James Duffy, Leah Ludwig, and Steve Witkowski. Thanks, contributors!

If you would like to post on Lansdale 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."

What else is new? So far this year, nearly 800 new email subscribers have joined Lansdale Patch, boosting our email list to 4,017 daily subscribers. (Don't get our email? Click here and we'll hook you up.) And 497 new members of the Lansdale community joined our Facebook page this year, too. We're at 14,758 fans all told. 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 16,000 fans by year's end would be a huge milestone for us.

If you own a local business and are interested in getting your message on Lansdale Patch or our nearby Patches, please visit this 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. Lansdale Patch is part of a broad network, with nearly 70 Pennsylvania Patches and more than 1,200 across the United States. That's a lot of local news, right there.

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 Lansdale Patch a part of your life. Thank you for your support and readership.

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