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We Want Want You — To Blog

North Branford Patch is looking for bloggers to showcase their work, expertise, ideas, tips, commentary — or just about anything you might have a passion about!

There’s no doubt that the media world as we knew it not long ago is morphing continuously right before our eyes.

We at Patch consider our hyper-local web-based platform to be yet another manifestation of this ongoing evolution of news and information distribution. 

What is a Blog?

Blogs, for some, are akin to online diaries. To others, blogs are manifestos of beliefs, political or otherwise. Some blogs are about hobbies, like baseball memorabilia collections or toy trains.

Wikipedia defines a blog as a blend of the terms “web” and “log” and “is a type of website or part of a web site." Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, description of events or other material such as graphics or video.

Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order and most blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments.

That pretty much sums it up and North Branford Patch is welcoming anyone in the community to join our fledgling blog community, called Local Voices. We will provide you with your own personal blog space, which will be featured on our home page along with other bloggers we are currently recruiting.

Share Your Passion, Ideas

Are you passionate about something in ? Contact us! Whether it's food, family, schools, government, business, social issues, exercise, fashion, real estate or business — if it's your thing, we'd like you to consider blogging for Patch. Anyone may apply.

And if you already have a blog, post it here to attract even more readers.

Don't Be Shy!

I am specifically interested in talking with:

  • Musicians, Live Music Fans, Audiophiles and Artists
  • Parents, High School Students, Teachers and Professors
  • Bartenders, Baristas and Foodies
  • Fashion Experts, Stylists and Crafters
  • Volunteers and Nonprofit Workers
  • Health and Fitness Experts
  • Local Sports Fans

Don't be shy! North Branford Patch is on a mission to recruit fresh voices, and this is a great opportunity to make your voice heard. We want to hear what you have to say.

Lively Forum

It promises to be a lively forum for local debate, information and maybe some fun. And like other forums of this type, it is unpaid. However, each blogger will retain the rights to any material he or she creates, and there are no deadlines, no editing of blogs nor other requirements other than courtesy, decorum and respect be observed at all times.

In return, we offer you our extensive platform — part of the AOL/Huffington Post community, where your work will have wide distribution and be accessible from anywhere Internet service can be secured.

If you're interested in blogging for North Branford Patch, email jenn.mcculloch@patch.com. 

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Russ Best May 4, 2013 at 05:09 pm
Vincent: first..let me commend you for doing an excellent job! I have a couple thoughts I wouldRead More like to bounce off of you: 1. How about a proposal for property tax breaks for seniors? Pick an age..62 or 65. The majority of retirees are on fixed incomes, some of which are on the razors edge right now and are looking at having to move from the area even though they don't want to. Its a shame that people who have lived their whole lives here cannot afford to stay on for retirement. 2. The current property tax credit for veterans is $1000 and has been stuck there since the '60s if I'm not mistaken. It really doesn't amount to a hill of beans given current property values and needs a serious upgrade/higher value. As a combat veteran (Viet Nam) I would be really grateful if this could be improved.
Tom Scelfo April 29, 2013 at 09:40 pm
Vinny - you obviously understand both the problem and the solution. As a general rule, all ourRead More elected officials are intelligent people, so I just don't understand why the Majority party doesn't seem to "get it." Please keep focusing on the problem AND the solution. At some point in time, perhaps other elected officials will finally understand the problem we are in, and realize that we really need to get serious about fixing it. Thanks for your service to the Connecticut's tax payers!
Russ Best May 4, 2013 at 12:42 pm
Audrey: welcome to the world of state and town contracts, unions and piddly regs that must beRead More quibbled over. There are power plays between city and state civil engineers,etc.All this is done in the name of "progress"..something I had hoped to see slow down when I moved to Northford. Progess nearly always means ever escalating taxes and rules that eventually push out folks of lower income, turning it into yet another elitist Connecticut town. It's sad the town managers and council can't seem to put their foot down and reign in spending.
Audrey Fitting May 2, 2013 at 11:08 am
I agree, it seems as though they are more worried about putting in fake grass, and spindly trees,Read More and are not working fast at all. The beautiful center of our town has been ruined. I cannot see it ever looking good again. I think it is a bigger bottleneck than we had. Whoever they hired as an engineer should be ashamed to take any money. Very poor planning...or may be plans in the works. The two ugly houses we have to pass when we go from 139 towards RT 80, its sure ugly, and that dentist office should be to torn down. Give it up. We now have an ugly town center. The shopping center at Dairy Queen, is dying for stores, but who would move in? I wish I could move out of town. This is atrocious.
John Fontenault May 2, 2013 at 10:03 am
Other than some work being performed at the Notch Hill Road and Rte 80 intersection and some workRead More under the Tilcon Overpass there has been little to no activity for months. Other than the equipment needed in these two areas there is no longer any large equipment in the area. Clearly crews have picked up and moved on. Is there a funding issue? An updated schedule should be posted to the Town's Website so we can all understand what progress will be made this spring. Please comment if you have details.