Patch covers 30 communities in New Jersey and Connecticut ( Darien editor Cecelia Smith is pictured below).
From Business Insider:
According to an internal communication with employees, AOL (AOL) plans to expand Patch, its network of local news blogs, from 30 sites to “hundreds,” by the end of 2010.
The goal: “To be leaders in one of the most promising ‘white spaces’ on the Internet.”