Patch is all about making your life ridiculously easy and if there's one thing that most people have to worry about every week, it's grocery shopping. What to get, where to get it, how to get it for the best price... In our new 'Grocery Specials' section, you can browse local grocery coupons and weekly specials. Similar to the weekly circulars found in print newspapers by each local retailer, the Grocery Special section has hundreds of retailers’ specials in one place.  You can search all local stores or you can narrow down your search to your local grocer of choice. You can also browse the …

University City Patch is seeking family bloggers who are interested in sharing their thoughts on family life in the area. Family bloggers can post photos, videos and  their advice and opinions on situations, events and issues. If you live or work in the University City area, we want you to blog on U City Patch’s free Local Voices platform. Get started right here. What You Get Out of It As a Local Voices blogger, you’ll have the ear of local residents, so you can let the community know what you think, offer tips and advice and more. You can post photos and videos, too. We regularly feature our…

Are you a sports fanatic? Whether you’re an expert, a player, a coach, a parent or just a fan, the U City community wants to hear from you! University City Patch is seeking youth sports bloggers who are interested in sharing their thoughts on local school and other youth sports. Sports bloggers can post photos, game coverage and even just their opinions on situations, events and games. If you have inside information on what goes on at University City-area sports matchups, we want you to blog on University City Patch’s free Local Voices platform. Get started right here. What You Get Out of It …

Are you joining Meatless Monday, the worldwide trend to avoid eating meat once a week to improve health and fight obesity? Or maybe you are a full-time vegetarian or vegan who wants to help Meatless Monday followers find recipes or restaurants where they can skip the meat once a week? Either way, we want you! Patch is looking for Meatless Monday bloggers to share stories, tips, tricks, recipes and other ideas about making the start of the week healthier for you and your family. If you want to start blogging on Patch, just go to our Blogging Center and click the "Post on Patch" button. You are…

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Got something you want to announce—new baby, new job, new accomplishment, new anything? We can help. Here’s how: Decide which Patch suits you best. Maybe it’s where you work; maybe it’s where you live. You can always post to more than one Patch later, but you need a starting point. Create an account. If University City Patch is the right Patch for you (and we hope it is!), click “Join” in the upper right corner. You’ll enter your name, an email address and a password, or you can join with your Facebook account. Then fill out your profile and upload a picture and describe yourself so readers …

There's little that spurs good business more than a great review from a caring customer.  And University City 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 Editor Maggie Rotermund at maggie.rotermund@patch.com to get one. Better yet, if you are a frequent customer of a local …

University City Patch is now over a year old. We've met a lot of people who make University City a great place to live, gotten to know the community and have created a good following. 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 that you have plenty of opportunities to comment on stories, share your opinions, post photos and announcements and add events to the community calendar. We hope Patch will strengthen the U City community, but we can't do it without you. Here's how you can help and leave …

So you want to let people know about your event coming up? We can help. Here’s how: Decide which Patch suits you best—probably the Patch where the event is happening. You can always post to more than one Patch later, but you need a starting point. If you need help, email Lindsay.Toler@Patch.com. Create an account. If University city Patch is the right Patch for you, click “Join” in the upper right corner. You’ll enter your name, an email address and a password, or you can join with your Facebook account. Then fill out your profile and upload a picture and describe yourself so readers know a …

Got a great photo? We want to see it! Share it with your neighbors on Patch: Decide which Patch suits you best. Maybe it’s where you work; maybe it’s where you live.  Create an account. If University City Patch is the right Patch for you (and we hope it is!), click “Join” in the upper right corner. You’ll enter your name, an email address and a password, or you can join with your Facebook account. Then fill out your profile and upload a picture and describe yourself so readers know a little about you. Go to our Neighborhood Gallery page. Click the “Upload Photos and Video” button, select a …

Got a great video? We want to see it! Share it with your neighbors on Patch: Decide which Patch suits you best. Maybe it’s where you work; maybe it’s where you live. Create an account. If University City Patch is the right Patch for you (and we hope it is!), click “Join” in the upper right corner. You’ll enter your name, an email address and a password, or you can join with your Facebook account. Then fill out your profile and upload a picture and describe yourself so readers know a little about you. Go to our Neighborhood Gallery page. Click the “Upload Photos and Video” button, select your …

Here at University City Patch, we're proud to acknowledge our neighbors in the business community. And that's why we're giving a big shout-out to the businesses that claimed their listings on Patch this week. Our newest claimed listings are from: Star Clipper Good Works Subterranean Books 501 Creative Cicero's Karen McCollum Walgreens Store University City Walgreens Store Saint Louis Walgreens Store University City Walgreens Store Overland Walgreens Store Olivette Claiming your listing on Patch shows readers you're watching the reviews that are posted, and that you're ready to update the …

Ridiculously Easy! We want local businesses to join University City Patch because after all, we want to make life ridiculously easy for you and your neighbors. Simply log in, find your business under  and claim your free business listing by clicking "Do you own or manage this location? Claim it!" on the right side of your listing. Why? Well, there are several free tools at your fingertips once you join the Patch family! Once You're In! Once you are approved, start by clicking the "Manage Your Listing" button on the left side of your listing to access your dashboard. The dashboard will show …

No, you're not losing it! University City Patch looks different today. We did a quick visual nip-and-tuck to the homepage to make it even more user-friendly. And we've moved a couple pieces of furniture. For those keeping score:  We tweaked some words in our navigation bar to save space (e.g., "Traffic & Gas" is now "Commute")  We moved the weather icon next to the Patch branding so you can find it more quickly!  We moved, well, YOU closer to the top! (Our "shout stream" is now front and center to show all your comments off.)  And of course we made things look cleaner and more user friendly. …

If your business needs a boost (which business doesn't right?), consider claiming your free directory listing on University City Patch. Each business on the University City Patch site has a free directory listing. But it's not until you, the business owner, claims your directory listing that the power is unleashed. Email Editor Maggie Rotermund if you don't have a listing on the site. Some of the benefits of claiming your listing include: Seeing how many people are following your business and being able to respond directly to them Editing certain aspects of your listing Promoting your …