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Ellington-Somers: Be Patch Prepared for Hurricane Sandy

Even if there's no power, there are still ways to stay up-to-date with Ellington-Somers Patch.

We all remember the power outages that followed Hurricane Irene and the October snowstorm. With Hurricane Sandy fast-approaching, make sure you have a way to stay informed with updates from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the State of Connecticut, the towns of Ellington and Somers, and your local utility companies with Ellington-Somers Patch.

Even without power, there are still several ways to utilize Patch if you have a smartphone. 

Download the App

Patch offers a free app for your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad (available for download here). You can see our top stories, check out photos and share comments right from your phone.

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

Like Us on Facebook

We'll be updating our status and sharing photos on our Facebook page. Take a second to 'like' Ellington-Somers Patch.

And if you've already liked us, keep in mind that Facebook has made some changes recently that mean you are seeing fewer of Ellington-Somers Patch's posts in your newsfeed. And since we spend a lot of time not only posting links to all our great Simsbury content on our Facebook page, but also lots of other fun stuff and photos, we wanted to share with you a cool new Facebook feature to make sure you don't miss a thing!

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

Here's what you do:
1. Hover over the Ellington-Somers Patch name on a post. When the box pops up, hover over the 'Liked' box. 
2. Make sure the 'show in newsfeed' is checked off.
3. Click 'add to interests list'
4. Name your list if you have not already created one, like Ellington-Somers Patch.

Now when you want to make sure that you have not missed anything from Ellington-Somers Patch on Facebook, just click on the interest down the left rail of your Facebook newsfeed page.

Follow Us on Twitter

Hurricane Sandy is already trending on Twitter and will be gathering steam as she approaches. Ellington-Somers Patch will be tweeting throughout the storm and feel free to reach out and tweet at us, too!

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