Thank You To Our Readers And Contributors From Lacey Patch

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ - To the readers and contributors of the Lacey Patch: thank you. We appreciate your visits and contributions, and we want you to know we take nothing for granted here. You've helped us grow and thrive this year.

Lacey Patch was born on December 12, 2010, nearly eight years. My name is Pat Miller and it's been my pleasure to have been the editor for several years. I've also been a reporter in Ocean County for many years. Please send your tips, ideas questions and stories you'd like to see my way at patricia.miller@patch.com.

A lot of Lacey Patch readers also hail from neighboring towns like Berkeley, Barnegat and Stafford townships. We have 11,000 Facebook likes. If you haven't liked our page yet, please give it a try. If you're already on the page, please share with a friend. Reaching 11,500 fans in September would be a huge milestone for us. Check us out.

To say the Lacey area has a number of natural attractions would be an understatement. Think of the Forked River Mountains, Double Trouble State Park, the three lakes and Barnegat Bay, just for starters.

Here are the top 10 stories from August.

• Timothy E. O'Brien, Co-Founder Of Emiliana's Hope, Dies at 42
• The End Of A Nuclear Era: Oyster Creek's Last Day Is Monday
• Ocean County To Buy Forked River Mountains For $15.45 Million
• Iconic Lacey Restaurant Battered By Morning Blaze
• Lacey Beefs Up School Protection For The New Year
• Horrific Lacey Murders Shocked This New Jersey Town A Year Ago
• Lacey Cops Investigating $7,000 Theft Of Jewelry, Meds From Home
• Sweet Opal Needs A Home
• ALDI Plans To Come To Lacey Township, Report Says
• Ocean County Prosecutor To Reluctantly Step Down On Oct. 8

Our readers also love Lacey Patch's calendar of events— more than 14,563 visits were made to our calendar in August. Coming up soon on the calendar are the 30th anniversary of Chowderfest, the Beach Haven Classic, and the annual Ocean County Decoy and Gunning how will be held at the Tuckerton Seaport on Sept. 29 and Sept. 30. It's a tough choice.

What else is new? So far this year, 848 new email subscribers have joined Lacey Patch. (Wait? You don't get our email? Click here and we'll hook you up.)

If you own a local business and are interested in getting your message on Lacey Patch or our nearby Patches, please visit the page and tell us what you need. One of our sales reps will be in touch.

Here's another fun fact about Patch: Did you know that Patch is among the 100 most trafficked websites in the United States? Patch ranks 91st on the most viewed websites in the country, according to Alexa. Lacey Patch is part of a broad network, with more than 1,200 across the United States. That's a lot of local news!

Many news websites are limiting access to free articles, but Patch articles and events by our journalists and our users are always free to view.

We're thrilled you've made Lacey Patch a part of your life. Thank you so much for your support and readership.

Photo: Patricia A. Miller