How to Post an Announcement or Press Release on Patch

Have something to say about what's going on at your company? Post it on Patch!

Join Stow Patch to Connect with Your Community

Create an account today so you can start commenting and adding photos, events and announcements of your own. And sign up for our free newsletter so you can see your news being shared with the community!

Keeping up with everything going on in Stow isn’t always easy. Fortunately, Stow Patch is here to help! The first step is signing up for a free account on Patch. Just follow this link to get “Patched in!” Once you do, you'll be able to do more than just read Patch — you can start commenting, taking polls and adding your own news and events to the site. You can also sign up for our free daily newsletter and breaking news alerts to keep up with local happenings with ease. The Stow Patch newsletter features the top headlines on the site, blog posts, events, announcements and even deals from local retailers. If you want to submit news to the site so it has a chance to make in the newsletter, you can do that too! After you've signed up for an …

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Small Business Owner? Claim Your Listing on Patch

Claiming your business helps spread the word about your great product.

Calling All Churches: Share Your Holiday Events With Patch

It's free and easy to post your events on Patch and you'll reach more people than you think!

The holidays are here and that means busy season for houses of worship. Don't you want everybody to know about your Thanksgiving, Advent, Christmas, Ramadan services? We do too. You can add your events to our calendar for free. Whether the events are holiday-related or whether you just want everybody to know when your weekly services are - Patch wants it.  It's ridiculously easy to do, here's the step-by-step. If you want to advertise your event in one of those cool boxes on our home page or anywhere else on the site, feel free to contact our Ad Manager Brandon Tidd. 

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5 Ways Stow Patch Can Help You & Your Student

Use our free tools — like the calendar, announcements page and photo gallery — to interact with your school's community.

It's a new school year, and that means new class schedules, clubs and after-school sports practices. At Stow Patch, we know it's tough for parents to stay involved, juggling PTA news, getting students to practices and getting people involved in fundraisers.  Take a tour of some of our features that can help you interact with your school community and have stress-free, happy school year. 1. Announcements | Did you know we have a free bulletin board for all your school announcements? Whether you're looking for volunteers for the latest PTO project or want to tell everyone about the debate team's latest win, we want you to post it here. Email Amanda.Harnocz@Patch.com the link and she'll even feature it front-and-center on the Stow Patch …

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How to Get Your Sports Team Featured on Stow Patch

There are several ways to highlight local games.

Fall sports have started and Patch wants to help share all the excitement with the community. We are looking for athletes, coaches, parents, booster club members and fans who are ready, willing and able to share their team spirit on Patch. News about any team — high school, middle school, rec leagues — is welcome. Here's how you can share news about your team:  1. Start a blog about your sports team: Share stats, recaps, photos and/or videos from the game in your own sports blog. Discuss the team, coaches and players with other fans in the community. Examples: 2. Upload pictures and video of your team to our Pics and Clips gallery: At the game? Did you snap some photos while you were there? Catch the winning moment on video? Upload it to …

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Packing for College? Don't Forget to Take Patch!

Stay up-to-date on local news by signing up for a free newsletter and following us through social media pages.

Are you or your student headed off to college this fall? Beat being homesick by staying in touch with what's happening back at home in Stow. There are several ways to take Patch with you, and it won't take up much space when you're packing: Enjoy going to college ... and don't forget those rolls of quarters for laundry and multiple packs of Ramen. 

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Here's How To Add Photos Via the Patch iPhone App (Instructional Photos)

Let's face it, most of what we do online is done on our mobile devices ... here's a tutorial on how to take and add pictures to Patch sites.

Patch always likes when the community contributes to the sites ... now it's ridiculously easy to do it on your cell phone while out in the community at those sporting and school events, eating at restaurants or while shopping. 

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5 Things You Should Post on Patch This Summer

Stay tuned in and tune in your fellow community members to news and events around Stow.

At Patch, we give you the news, events, business listings and other stuff to make your life ridiculously easy in Twinsburg when it comes to finding local information. We also make it ridiculously easy for you to share your news and events with your neighbors. There are at least five things you should share on Patch this summer to keep your neighbors informed about goings-on around town. Here's what they are and how to post about them: Remember, these topics aren't just limited to summer months. You can share similar news and events all year long on Patch. We are your community news site, so be a part of the conversation!

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From the Editor's Desk

Are You New to Patch? Take a Look Under the Hood

We're your local news and information destination, where you can get breaking news, post events, find a great local business, join the conversation, and much more. Here's a quick tour.

Are you discovering Stow Patch for the first time? First, welcome. Let me introduce you to Stow Patch and the Patch network. Stow Patch is one of the more than 850 community sites in 22 states that are owned by AOL, including many in the Cleveland-Akron areas. Our community-specific news, information and engagement platform are driven by passionate and experienced new media professionals. Patch is revolutionizing the way neighbors connect with each other, their communities and the national conversation. What can you do on Patch? By the way you don't have to be a professional writer to blog for us. We want engaged people from our communities to share what's happening in their lives, our communities and our world. If you want to contribute a…

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Amanda Harnocz

1:08 pm on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Thanks James. I'd say that is an honest assessment. Thanks for using the site!   more ›