First and foremost I would like to wish you all a safe and happy holiday season.

I will be taking about two weeks off to spend the holidays with my family on the East Coast, returning to the helm as editor of Stillwater Patch on Dec. 28 (just in time for the New Year).

You may notice a little less news and information being passed along via Stillwater Patch during this time, but I would like to explain how you all can continue to share information with your neighbors on Patch while I’m gone.

Here’s how:

If you have news you’d like to share, log in and post it as an announcement using this link.

If you have an event you’d like to share, log in and post it as an event using this link.

You can also let the Stillwater area know your news by posting a Local Voices column here, or adding photos to our Pics and Clips gallery here.

If it is an urgent matter, please contact Mike Schoemer at mike.schoemer@patch.com.

Thank you for all of your support and have a happy holidays.

Merry Christmas,

Shawn Hogendorf