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Community Corner

Get Your Message Out on Canton Patch

Make Canton Patch your bulletin board and you'll reach more people.

Community bulletin boards, like this one at 7a Foods in West Tisbury, are the traditional way to reach passing community members with your announcements, events, notices and business cards.

Here's another option that can get your information in front of thousands of Canton Patch subscribers and readers with just a few clicks: Post it on Patch.

We offer free announcements for just about anything you want to publicize, like for-sale and wanted-to-buy notices, real estate listings, sports results and school awards.

Find out what's happening in Cantonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Patch also has free listings for events, and all businesses, nonprofits and other groups in town are entitled to free listings in our directory: Email directorysupport@patch.com with your business info if it is not on our site.

If you have longer announcements like honor rolls, government notices and personal opinions, you can post them directly in our Local Voices section. 

Find out what's happening in Cantonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

You can even login via Facebook for ease in posting. Don't forget a photo, if you have one that you took yourself, to attract readers' eyes.

Patch listings regularly turn up at the top of Google searches, so don't miss the chance to get the word out on Canton Patch.

It's a great way to reach not only your fellow residents, but seasonal residents and visitors who aren't here yet but read Patch every day.

No thumbtacks needed!

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