Two Months of Good Ideas, Stories, People

Two months ago 10 out of 10 people said "What's that?" when someone mentioned Plum-Oakmont Patch.

Now, we're only two months old, but we've already made a lot of connections within the community.

We have a great team of columnists — Paula Calabrese, Erin Hill, Regina Vitti-Lyons and Dru Taliaferro — who makes us think, laugh, learn and even cry.

Many of our other contributors, like photographer Robin Schuster and basketball beat writer Sean Meyers live right in the community.

Over the past two months, we've highlighted extraordinary people whom we are lucky enough to have as part of our towns, and we've tackled the rough stuff, from transportation politics to deaths.

Here are some old favorites that if you're new to the site you might have missed from our early days:

One of our first articles told the  in Holiday Park. Retired schoolteacher Bill Berkey keeps busy in his retirement years by creating sculptures out of forks, spoons and other kitchen utensils and scraps.

We recognized the hard work and dedication of local swimmer , who coaches say is one of the most dedicated athletes.

Plum-Oakmont Patch  of the Plum varsity hockey team on a high note in December and followed a string of epic wins.

Contributing writer Tamara Conrad tackled the big issue of .

We took a look at the amazing life of beloved Oakmont resident , who died in early December and who is missed daily by her friends and family.

Your editor went for a grand tour of Steel City Rowing's new facility in Verona and posted a .

We were there at all of the local government meetings to cover stories like the  planned for Repp Road in Plum.

When , we got the details from the police chief to get the story out.

So many great articles, it looks like we're bragging. But we're not, we promise! The site has become a meeting place of minds and a place for contribution. It's a patchwork of all of the things that make Plum and Oakmont great.

Send an email, write a comment, upload a photo and help us create something even better! Here's to many more months of news, features, events, ideas and stories.