Welcome to Patch, Colts Neck!

Today, we welcome all 10,000+ people in Colts Neck to our Patch family.

As of today, we are expanding our coverage area to include Colts Neck! We’ll now be featuring all the latest news, information and local business listings from both Marlboro and Colts Neck. 

What does this mean to you? Well, it means local coverage, it means interacting with others on state and county issues, it means a comprehensive business directory which can be a free secret weapon for local business.

Patch is your community hub. A place to share your experiences, announce to the world your accomplishments, and keep up with the latest Colts Neck news.

Let's explore, shall we?

Every morning, as you're rising to start your day, we send you the latest local headlines, events, blogs, photos and community tidbits — right to your inbox, free of charge. This includes breaking news updates, business news, our local bloggers and more.

The Colts Neck Page

We've categorized every Colts Neck article into one convenient little tab. Just click our news tab at the top of the page and scroll down to Colts Neck, and experience your town in a whole new way.

Blog on Patch

Patch blogs give anyone from gardening enthusiasts to community leaders to local business owners the power to easily share ideas, expertise, questions, or even just a cool photo with the whole neighborhood. Chances are you know something, saw something or think something about this community that your neighbors would love to hear or see. And you don't have to write the phone book or know the difference between a dangling modifier and a split infinitive. Long, short or totally casual — it's all good. So speak up!

Announcements

Our Announcements section is free and easy to use. If someone you know achieved a great accomplishment, made honor roll, received a school award or something of this sort, this tool is a perfect way to share that with the community. All you have to do is go to marlboro.patch.com, scroll the mouse over the word news, click announcements, click "Add an Announcement" on the top right and fill out the form and submit. You can even add photos to these announcements if you like. (Must be logged-in as a Patch user to submit this information).

Events

This is a great way to publicize events and happenings in Colts Neck. Our calendar is a community resource built by members in Marlboro and Colts Neck. To add an event to our calendar, all you have to do is go to marlboro.patch.com, click on the word "Events" in the navigation bar, click "Add an Event" on the top right and fill out the form and submit. With this form, you are also encouraged to upload photos or PDF versions of a flyer advertising the event. (Must be logged-in as a Patch user to submit this information).

Let us know what you think. There may be topics we haven't been able to cover yet, so what better way to get the conversation going than with a Letter to the Editor?

Send me what you've got, make a case for your opinions. Keep it civil, and you may see your letter beginning a town-wide discussion.

E-mail your letter to kaitlyn.anness@patch.com.

Our readers and users make Patch work, and we want to make sure you have all the tools necessary to share your news. That is why, last month, Patch launched its . Users always have had the opportunity to post photos from an event to our story or photo gallery about the event and to post more general items to our announcements. But now with the Marlboro and Colts Neck , we are giving you the ability to upload photos from around the community to the site so that you can help us create a mosaic of what it means to live in Marlboro or Colts Neck.

Just click on the "Upload Photos & Videos" button on the page—and don't forget to tell your neighbors who's in the picture and what's going on in the caption field.

Patch has apps for iPhones and Android phones, and also makes it easy for you to upload photos, news and comments from anywhere. Here's a look at a few ways you can connect with Patch through your mobile device.

Outside of Patch, there are dozens of way you can contribute to the daily/hourly/moment-to-moment conversations going on in your community. Here's a few more you may want to explore: 

• Twitter - Send updates on the fly
• Facebook - Access your account on the move

Business owner? .

The best thing about Patch is, if you see something wrong on a listing, we can try to fix it immediately. And, if you're a business owner, you can take charge yourself. For free.

But owners of local businesses get extra bonuses when they claim a listing.

Find out what those bonuses are by .

Interested in advertising? We have something for everyone, from small charitable organizations to national chains. Contact our Advertising Manager David Rosado at david.rosado@patch.com.

And if you have any questions, check out our How to Use Patch topics section, where you can find an archive of informational articles. Go on, explore!