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How to Make Rivertowns Patch Work For You

Get the most out of our website by making sure don't miss out on our original reporting, and by using our free services to post your news on Patch.

If you haven't already, I hope you will make Rivertowns Patch your go-to spot for all things Rivertowns that will help you stay informed on local happenings, connect and converse with your neighbors on things that matter to you most and promote your villages, organizations, residents and businesses.

Rivertowns Patch accomplishes these things with original reporting and ways for you to promote your events, causes, businesses, non-profits, concerns, kids and neighbors on our site for free.

Events

Is your band playing at a local restaurant? Is the book club meeting this week? Is your artwork on display at the library? Is your organization holding an important meeting?

Be sure to add all your events to our calendar by clicking here. If you would like me to consider featuring the event on the homepage, our social media sites and/or cross posting it to other Patch sites in the lower Hudson Valley, don't forget to email the link to what you've posted todina.sciortino@patch.com.

Announcements

Do you have an accomplishment, obituary, a poem, a need for volunteers, or want to post a lost and found message? Perhaps a social, graduation, promotion, religious occasion, birthday, anniversary or school award notice?

Then post an announcement by clicking here.

If you would like me to consider featuring the announcement on the homepage, on our social media sites and/or cross posting it to other Patch sites in the lower Hudson Valley, don't forget to email the link to what you've posted to dina.sciortino@patch.com

Letter to the Editor

Got a thing or two to say about a hot local issue, want to promote your favorite candidate this election season or just want to say thank you or tell the world how awesome someone or some group is in town?

Create an announcement with "Letter to the Editor:" before the title of your announcement.

If you would like me to consider featuring the letter to the editor on the homepage, on our social media sites and/or cross posting it to other Patch sites in the lower Hudson Valley, don't forget to email the link to what you've posted to dina.sciortino@patch.com

Directory Listings

If you have a local business or organization in town, search for your business’ listing in the Directory. If your business or organization doesn’t have a  let us know and we'll create one—it's free.

Once you have a directory listing you can manage that listings by claiming the listing, by clicking the option on your listing page. Claiming your listing on Patch is like having your own mini-website on Patch and brings more visibility to your business or organization on Patch and on the Internet. When we mention your business in a story or something else, we link to it. Then readers can click on it to find our more about your business.

Claiming your listing also allows you to:

  • Respond to user reviews of your store and encourage your happy customers to rate you online
  • Post an unlimited number of business photos with complete control over the photo captions
  • Encourage your current clients to "follow" your listings on Patch. They will be informed every time you add an event to our calendar, a new photo to your listing or are mentioned in an article
  • If you have a Facebook page you can also post a link to your listing from your Facebook wall. This will allow your network to know about your listing. You can do this every few weeks with a quick note to let your Facebook friends know to check in with your listing.

We also encourage local organizations and businesses to comment on stories and articles. Doing so gives people in your community familiarity with your business name. Those people can find out more about you and your area of expertise when they read your comments by going to your directory listing.    

Newsletter/Mobile App

To make sure you don’t miss a thing on Rivertowns Patch, click here to sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter or here to download the Patch cell phone app.

Become a Patch Blogger

Are you a local boutique who is dying to share your style tips, a neighbor hair dresser with the best advice on how to avoid split ends, a poet or just enjoy taking photos around town?

Rivertowns Patch is also looking for individuals, organizations, businesses, local professionals and experts to be a Local Voices blogger on Patch. Click here to check out our blogs and email dina.sciortino@patch.com if you are interested in blogging. 

If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you!

- Dina Sciortino, Rivertowns Patch Editor

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Just a short thought to get the word out quickly about anything in your neighborhood.
Share something with your neighbors. Write a new post... What's up? Make an announcement, speak your mind, or sell something
jobobg2 May 19, 2013 at 11:23 am
I'd like to Thank everyone that came out to support the scholarship fund. We were able to raise overRead More $500. for the day.I also want to thank the students that came out to help. Bob Galinski,club advisor,Hastings schools
Renee Petro May 12, 2013 at 01:46 pm
The letter does not seem to mention if they have personal experience as an educator or as a parentRead More with kids now, kids past years or kids future years in the Irvington School District. Sometimes the perspective is different if you have lived the experience with kids in the Irvington School District. I have three kids -- one graduate last year and is at Cornell University, one is grade nine and one is grade three. All three got great teachers, small class size and extra help or enrichment as needed. I think the arts programs can be expanded -- music, drama, fine arts (both in classes and electives plus stipends to pay teachers for clubs and after school activities). However, this is a school district that values having small class size and keeping strong all the academics core subjects required for graduation and college plus making a priority sports opportunities middle school through high schools at all levels and types of sports. If you are high achiever it works grades k-12; if you are a child with special education needs or learning issues needs or extra help needs it works too. The average student is the one who is often forgotten in Irvington School District since they just do their thing in school, after school activities and move from grade to grade uneventful but nothing that will be memorable at least in my experience.
Teleman April 2, 2013 at 02:35 pm
The problem has always been skyrocketing costs- bamacare does absolutely nothing to address costs.Read More It is a complete scam that will only add to the uninsured because it makes employers accelerate dropping employer sponsored healthcare- dumping even more people into the arms of the government disaster.
Andromachos April 2, 2013 at 10:50 am
When employers are offering less and less health insurance, more people are self insured orRead More uninsured and are restricted to buying policies as individuals. With the cost at over $ 1,500 per month for standard, full coverage for a family of 4, it is no wonder there are so many uninsured or partially insured ( emergency/hospital care only).
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