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Did you know the Hazelwood and North County has hundreds of recognized clubs? Patch invites them all to start conversations on the site by blogging. Hazelwood Patch can be a wonderful resource for your Community Association club, or any city team, homeowners' association, scout troop, church group, quilting club, or other organization. First, you can enter your events into our Event Calendar. It's free, and it's easy. Second, you can use our Announcements feature to tell the rest of Hazelwood and North County about your group and its accomplishments. Third, you can become a Patch blogger. …
Here at Hazelwood Patch, we're proud to acknowledge our neighbors in the business community. And that's why we're giving a big shout-out to some businesses that claimed their listings on Patch here recently. We'd like to thank: St. Louis Center for Aesthetic & Restorative Dentistry, Allstate Insurance - Samuel H. Lee, Lady Bugs, Hazelwood KinderCare, Special Dispatch, St. Louis Outlet Mall, Metro Shooting Supplies and Prudential Select Properties - Stella Hughes, for claiming their listings. Remember you can like Hazelwood Patch on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HazelwoodPatch. Don't forget to …
Thank you for reading "Patch." We appreciate every person who supports the site.We encourage comments and thought expression.  It's always good to see reader opinions of the articles that appear on Hazelwood Patch. We also ask that all "Patch" readers remember to be respectful of everyone on this page and to keep your comments to the subject of the article.When anyone posts onto our sites, they are agreeing to abstain from posting any of the following content that is: is defamatory, abusive, obscene, profane or offensive; infringes or violates another party's intellectual property rights (…
At Patch, we pride ourselves on making life ridiculously easy for you.  That's why we've launched Grocery Specials, which allows readers to browse local grocery coupons and weekly specials from Hazelwood grocery-like stores and area grocers such as Dollar General, which has three locations in Hazelwood, Walgreens, Schnucks, Save-A-Lot, Aldi, Shop 'n Save and more.   With  Grocery Specials, you can now add specials and coupons to your own personalized list, print coupons, print a list of specials and email a list of specials to yourself or a friend. To find  Grocery Specials, all you have to …
Join hundreds of other people from Hazelwood, who currrently live in the City of Hazelwood and who are a fans of North St. Louis County news on our Facebook page. 'Like' us on Facebook! Please visit www.facebook.com/HazelwoodPatch. Already a fan? Then please help spread the word! 1) Real-time Updates About News Remember when we learned about Tony's Donuts expanding to Hazelwood? That was first reported on our Facebook page. We regularly update the page with news and notes from the community that don't always make it to the Patch website. Stay in the know!2) You Help Create the Conversation …
Patch readers ALWAYS are welcome to submit photos or videos of interesting community people, places and happenings. However, we're pleased to introduce a formal spot on this news site to do just that: Your Neighborhood Gallery. Spring is upon us. Trees are sprouting leaves, flowers are blooming and that yellow stuff that gets people to a sneezing state is flying around. If you've got some great examples of spring happening in your neighborhood, show us in our neighborhood gallery. Remember you can upload whatever you fancy. Please load your photos and/or videos for others to enjoy. Perhaps it…
There's little that spurs good business more than a great review from a caring customer.  And Hazelwood Patch stands as one of the best places consumers can go to read or leave an honest review. To make things easy on businesses and their clients, business owners and managers can now request "Review us on Patch" window stickers, which will encourage customers to review and rate a business on Patch.  The stickers are free of charge. All you have to do is contact Interim Editor Angela Atkinson at angela.atkinson@patch.com to get one. Better yet, if you are a frequent customer of a local …
Here at Hazelwood Patch, we're proud to acknowledge our neighbors in the business community. And that's why we're giving a big shout-out to a few businesses that claimed their listings on Patch in the past few weeks. We'd like to thank Mungenast Hyundai, Hazelwood Notary and Dale's Music for claiming their listings here recently. Claiming your listing on Patch shows readers you're watching the reviews that are posted, and you're ready to update the listing information with more information of your own. By claiming a listing, you can: Upload photos of your business; Link to Facebook and …
Have an eye for photography? Love snapping photos of your kids during their games or performances? Or maybe you just love taking pictures of all the beauty the City of Hazelwood has to offer?  If you even remotely match any of the above, Hazelwood Patch is looking for you! In our never-ending search for bloggers to join our team, Hazelwood Patch is actively soliciting readers to become photo bloggers!  What does blogging for Patch entail? Not much, really. Blogging for us is quick, easy and free. You can blog as much or as little as you wish. No deadlines or requirements. All you have to do …
Whether you are planning your first family reunion or you just plan to attend, share your experience on Hazelwood Patch. Share step-by-step accounts of how you planned the event and what your family plans to do at the reunion. From designing custom reunion shirts, to booking the park or host location share how your family and you planned it. When the big event approaches be sure to blog about all the fun that was had. Blogs are published under the Local Voices column. Take a look, and you'll see some familiar names, residents and business people in the community who have ideas, opinions, …
Here at Hazelwood Patch, we're proud to acknowledge our neighbors in the business community. And that's why we're giving a big shout-out to a business that claimed its listing on Patch Tuesday. We'd like to thank Behlmann Buick GMC for claiming its listing Tuesday. Claiming your listing on Patch shows readers you're watching the reviews that are posted, and you're ready to update the listing information with more information of your own. By claiming a listing, you can: Upload photos of your business; Link to Facebook and Twitter accounts; Upload or link out to items like restaurant menus or …
As you read this, Hazelwood Patch more than a year old. We've gotten to know the community and have created a good following. It's been fantastic. But we want to take the time to remind you why we're here and what this site is all about. Simply put, it's about you. We've built Patch so readers and the community can have plenty of opportunities to comment on stories, share opinions, post photos and announcements, and add events to the community calendar. We hope Patch will strengthen the Hazelwood community, but we can't do it without you.  Here's how you can help:  1. Comment on an article…
Here at Hazelwood Patch, we're proud to acknowledge our neighbors in the business community. And that's why we're giving a big shout-out to two businesses that claimed their listings on Patch the last week. We'd like to thank Jo Jo's Kitchen and the City of Hazelwood for claiming their listings on Friday. Claiming your listing on Patch shows readers you're watching the reviews that are posted, and you're ready to update the listing information with more information of your own. By claiming a listing, you can: Upload photos of your business; Link to Facebook and Twitter accounts; Upload or …
It's been almost more than a year since Hazelwood Patch first rolled into town and began sending canvassers to collect information for our Places business directory. We took photos, wrote down store hours and contact info and tried to get the good word out about Patch. All in all, we think we put together one of the most comprehensive and informative directories on the web. But months have passed, and your listing may need a quick update or possibly you're newly established. Or maybe, shame on us, we missed it in the first go-round. Click the Places tab on the top of the page and search for …
Are you passionate about your faith? Do you want to share your beliefs and what your congregation is doing?  Hazelwood Patch is now looking for religion bloggers. You can be affiliated with a church, synagogue or house or worship. Of you can just be very spiritual. The only requirement is that you be from, have lived or currently live or work in the City of Hazelwood. Share news and photos from your church. Church bloggers will be granted access to our Local Voices platform and be able to blog about upcoming church activities, interesting stories from church members, news out of their …
This weekend, Hazelwood West High School will be graduating more than 300 students.  According to the Hazelwood School District, the class of 2012 between all three high schools, Hazelwood West, East and Central, earned $12.9 million in scholarships. Graduates in the three schools combined have also performed 104,892 hours of community service since their freshman year.  If you have a student or know a student graduating, send them a special congratulations in our announcements section. It's free, and it will go directly into the next day's newsletter and be featured on our site. Feel like …
It's that time again. No, not wedding season. Well it is, but we're talking about graduation season. Somewhere, Pomp and Circumstance is playing, and someone is struggling to keep that mortarboard in place. Graduation season is a time when family comes together to honor those that have worked so hard to move on to the next chapter in life. Whether it's your preschooler moving on to kindergarten, a high schooler heading to college, your college senior heading out into the real world, or your grandmother getting her G.ED., you can brag about it for FREE on Hazelwood Patch. First, make sure you …
Do you own a business in the City of Hazelwood? Have you seen your listing in the Hazelwood Patch Places Directory? We’ve compiled a comprehensive directory that includes restaurants, stores, physicians, local government offices and more. We'd like to thank Hair In Motion for claiming its listing this week. Each listing has some general information and pictures of the business. And if you own or manage the business, you can claim the listing for free. Doing so will give provide a bit more administrative access to the entry our readers see when they want to learn more about your company. It …
Do you own a business in the City of Hazelwood? Have you seen your listing in the Hazelwood Patch Places Directory? We’ve compiled a comprehensive directory that includes restaurants, stores, physicians, local government offices and more. We'd like to thank Neighbors Credit Union for claiming its listing this week. Each listing has some general information and pictures of the business. And if you own or manage the business, you can claim the listing for free. Doing so will give provide a bit more administrative access to the entry our readers see when they want to learn more about your …
There's no doubt about it, St. Louis is a baseball town. The St. Louis Cardinals completed one of the most improbable feats last year and came from as many as 10 games back to win the team's 11th World Series title. And this season figures to be just as exciting with a new manager, pitching coach and a certain star first basemen's absence. We are into the season, and Hazelwood Patch is actively looking for bloggers to write about the Cardinals throughout the regular season. Anyone may apply. Die-hard fans and casual fans alike can all lend their voice—here’s your chance to share your …

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