Patch Invites Clubs, Teams and Associations to Blog on Patch

Connect to your members and the community with some great features like our events calendar and gallery.

Do you know that the Lake Saint Louis Community Association has no fewer than 37 recognized clubs, according to the LSLCA website? First, there are the service organizations: The sports clubs: Card groups: Special-Interest groups Lake Saint Louis Patch can be a wonderful resource for your Community Association club, or any city team, homeowners' association, scout troop, church group or other organization. First, you can enter your events into our Event Calendar. It's free, and it's easy. Just take a look at the attached video to learn how. Second, you can use our Announcements feature to tell the rest of Lake Saint Louis about your group and its accomplishments. Third, you can become a Patch blogger. Blogs are published under the Local …

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Get Engaged on Valentine's Day? Announce it to the World on Patch!

Posting announcements is free and easy. Here's how!

According to Time, some 4 million Americans expected to propose or be proposed to on Valentine’s Day.  Were you one of them? If so, announce it to the world on Patch! Patch announcements are free and easy to post. And on top of the great news you're about to share, you can also post photos, videos and relevant links to augment your news. To post an announcement, follow these easy steps (or watch the how to video attached to this article): Announcements are also a great way to spread other news as well! Registered users can also post free announcements for: Just remember, our Terms of Service state that announcements should be for personal use and not for advertising. To post an announcement, CLICK HERE. And while we certainly don't want to…

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Video Tutorial: How to Post an Announcement or Press Release on Any Patch Site

This nifty video tutorial shows users of any Patch site to post an announcement, including full press releases, by using the tools available to all users on Patch.

Have you ever sent a press release to the editor of your Patch site and wondered when it was going to post? How about sent him or her a birth announcement or perhaps an obit (which are published free on Patch sites) or school award only to wonder if it was ever going to be published? Well, our Patch sites are designed in a way that is easy for users to post their own announcement without having to wait for the editor to post it for you. It really is the best way to post your announcement or press release if you are a nonprofit agency, for profit agency, government body or other group to get your stuff on Patch, instantly. Follow this video tutorial to see how to do this, step by step. What a great way to let your Lake Saint Louis neighbors…

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Lake Saint Louis Patch Needs You! Part 2

A three-part series about the features that need your contributions.

So here's Part 2, with five more ways that you can get involved. (If you're coming in late here, you might want to go back and read Part 1. 4. Send a News Tip We'd love to hear your story ideas, and we certainly can't have ears and eyes everywhere. At the bottom of every page, there's a link: "Send us news tips." Tell us what we should be covering. The tip goes straight to Tamara Duncan, Lake Saint Louis Patch's editor. You can always e-mail her at tamara.duncan@patch.com, too. 5. Post an Announcement Have a baby recently? Just get engaged? Did your son or daughter make the honor roll? Let everyone know. Our announcements page is built to share your good news, social notes and thank you shout outs. If you're looking for volunteers or …

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Lake Saint Louis Patch Needs You!

A three-part series about the features that need your contributions.

It's been exactly three weeks since the Lake Saint Louis Patch went live. The time has certainly flown by! We've been hard at work here keeping the site going and learning more every day about what makes this city tick. We wanted to take a minute to catch our breath and remind you what this site's all about: you. Patch is built to include you in many ways, whether it's commenting on a story to share your opinion or to post photos, announcements or events to our site. As we move forward, it is our hope that Patch becomes your virtual coffee shop. We hope you head here to find out what's going on in town, to chat with your neighbors and friends and to find things to do any night of the week. We hope our site becomes part of Lake Saint Louis…

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Welcome to Wentzville Patch!

We are happy to be a part of the community.

Welcome to Wentzville Patch. We are your local online community news source. You will see us around town — frequenting local businesses, covering government meetings and local events.  My name is Maggie Rotermund, and I couldn't be happier to be in town. I am a St. Louis native with a journalism degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.  I spent more than three years in Mountain Home, Ark., working as a reporter for the Baxter Bulletin newspaper. I then moved closer to home to work as a editor for The Missourian in Washington, Mo. Last year, I took a break from journalism to pursue my master's degree in international relations. The program, through Webster University, allowed me to travel the world and learn in some …

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Welcome to Lake Saint Louis Patch

Meet the editor and see what this new online news and information resource is all about.

Isn't this exciting? There's a new kid in town. Lake Saint Louis Patch is bringing you what media types call hyper-local journalism. Think of it as an online community hub for news, views, and information. My name is Tamara Duncan – most people call me Tammy. I'm the editor of Lake Saint Louis Patch, and I've lived in Josephville, just north of town, for 14 years. My roots have grown pretty deep in this area, and I've watched with amazement as Lake Saint Louis has grown. I've worn a lot of hats over those years – teacher, freelance writer, reporter (I covered Lake Saint Louis before there was a Civic Center), magazine editor and events coordinator.  As the heart and soul of Lake St. Louis Patch, I'll be reporting breaking news, of course, …

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