10 Ways to Make Upper Southampton Patch Part of Your 2013

Make Patch part of your New Year's resolution. There are so many ways to engage and interact with our site, but here are 10 to get you started.

Want a New Year's resolution that will be easy to keep? Resolve to participate more on Upper Southampton Patch. Upper Southampton Patch tries to keep you in the loop on local news, events and more. In 2013, you'll see and hear even more from us as we work to make our site even more engaging and interactive for users. The opportunities to comment on stories, share opinions, post photos and announcements and add events to the community calendar are still available, and through the use of these and other features we hope our site will strengthen this community. With that being said, here are 10 ways you can use Upper Southampton Patch now and in 2013: Providing accurate, timely news about the community is on of our priorities here at Patch, …

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Get The Upper Southampton Patch Newsletter

Just sign up for the free newsletter and you’ll be able to keep up with what’s going on around town.

Keeping up with all the comings and goings in Southampton isn’t easy. Fortunately, Upper Southampton Patch is here to help! Just sign up for our free daily newsletter and breaking news alerts and you’ll be able to keep up with local happenings with ease. The Upper Southampton Patch newsletter features the top headlines on the site, blog posts, events, announcements and even deals from local retailers. Signing up is simple. Just follow this link to get “Patched in!” If you want to submit news to the site so it has a chance to make in the newsletter, you can do that too! Just login and post to your heart’s content. Follow these links to get going: If you happen to be a shutterbug, you can even show off your skills by posting photos to our …

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Hurricane Sandy

Patch & AOL Send Hurricane Sandy Relief Trucks to Long Island, New Jersey

Employees help out, and you can, too.

  It's been said it's far better to have a neighbor who's near, than a brother who's far away, but in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Americans across the nation have proven to be the best neighbors and the strongest of families.   This past weekend, AOL and Patch employees took an opportunity to pitch in, packing two tractor trailers worth of food, water and supplies in Dulles, VA, and Baltimore. The donations are headed to Hurricane Sandy ravaged areas in New Jersey and Long Island. Want to join the relief efforts? Click here to donate: https://donate.networkforgood.org/aol "When a catastrophe of this size hits, we all feel it, both the hundreds of us who live in the impacted towns, and our colleagues who are watching and wishing they could…

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Patch to Hold 'Office Hours' at HV Starbucks

Come out to the Huntingdon Valley Starbucks Thursday morning and enjoy a cup of coffee with your local Patch editor.

Have questions about Patch? Or just want to put a face to the Facebook posts and tweets that you follow? Upper Southampton Patch Editor Jennifer Mohan, Warminster Patch Editor Jim Boyle, Hatboro-Horsham Patch Editor Theresa Katalinas and Lower Moreland Patch and Upper Moreland-Willow Grove Patch Editor Rob Chakler will be holding "Office Hours" at the Huntingdon Valley Starbucks this morning from 10 to 11 a.m. Stop by and we will show you how to sign up for the newsletter, help you claim your business listing or upload an announcement to the site.  Interested in blogging? We will be glad to help you get started.   Or, just stop by to say hello and get a Patch pen. Hope to see you there!

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Be Heard on Patch

Got something to say to the community? You don't need to shout it from the rooftops - just blog on Patch.

Celebrate National Coffee Week with Patch

This week is National Coffee Week; visit with Patch editors while you celebrate.

Here at Patch we can't think of anything that goes better with a cup of coffee than a dose of hyper-local news.  So while you partake in celebrating the most caffeinated of holidays, stop by and say hello to Upper Southampton Patch Editor Jennifer Mohan and Northampton Patch Editor Jesseka Kadylak during our office hours. We will be Patching it up at the Southampton Starbucks on Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. Stop by and we will show you how to sign up for the newsletter, help you claim your business listing or just to talk about your story ideas. Interested in blogging? We will be glad to help you get started.   Or, just stop by to say hello and get a Patch pen. Hope to see you there.

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Patch Launches 'Grocery Specials' Section

Print coupons, find grocery specials and email lists to yourself and friends using Peachtree Corners Patch's new "Grocery Specials" section.

This week Patch announced its launch of the "Grocery Specials" section. Grocery Specials allows readers to browse local grocery coupons and weekly specials. Similar to the weekly circulars found in print newspapers by each local retailer, the Grocery Specials section has hundreds of retailers’ specials in one place. This section uses a third-party (Grocery Server) to deliver local grocery data.   Reader benefits: How to Access Grocery Specials from Peachtree Corners Patch: Or just click HERE to go to the new section.  

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Don't Talk Trash - Spread the Word About Patch

Help out your neighbors by telling them about Patch!

It seems like today might be the perfect opportunty to let your neighbor know why your trash isn't sitting on the curb still waiting to be picked up. Do them a favor - tell them about Patch.  You don't have to gloat, just invite them to be a part of the conversation. Let them know they can find Upper Southampton Patch on Twitter and Facebook, receive breaking news alerts via email and even have the top headlines delived daily to their inbox. Spread the good word. Its the right thing to do! 

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And the Winner is...

Congratulations to Patch reader Lori Riehl!

Congratulations to Lori Riehl! Lori is the winner of our Patch prize basket. Her name was chosen at random following her entry into the raffle at the Patch table at the Southampton Days Country Fair. If you missed Patch at the fair, no worries. You can still sign up for our daily newsletter by clicking the "Get the Patch Newsletter" box in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. Thanks again to everyone who entered the drawing. We hope you are all enjoying the newsletter.

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