Top 5 Reasons To 'Like' TE Patch on Facebook

Find out what you’re missing if you don’t “like” Tredyffrin Easttown Patch on Facebook.

Want to know what’s going on in Tredyffrin and Easttown? Want to help Patch decide what to cover? You’ll get all this by liking Patch, but you won’t get all of it all of the time because Facebook has changed the way it gives you the news from businesses that you like. If you want to make sure you see it all, you need to change a few settings. Go to the Tredyffrin Easttown Patch Facebook page. Hover your mouse over where it says "liked" and click on "add to interest lists." (see the image associated with this story if you’re not sure where to click)

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Patch Gallery: Stoga Soccer Kicks Shipley

The Conestoga Boys JV Soccer team took care of business Thursday afternoon, shutting out Shipley in a Teamer Field kickstravaganza.

The Conestoga Boys JV Soccer team took care of business Thursday afternoon, shutting out Shipley in a Teamer Field kickstravaganza. You can see an extensive photos gallery from the game on the Tredyffrin Easttown Patch Facebook page. It's where we post extensive photo galleries that you can share and tag. It's also where you'll see offers, deals and information about local TE businesses that you won't see on the TE Patch homepage.

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They Like Water Ice and TE Patch on Facebook

These twins came out for fun, prizes and water ice Wednesday at Rita's because their mom saw the post on TE Patch's Facebook page.

It pays to "like" the Tredyffrin-Easttown Patch page on Facebook. Just ask 3 year old twins Jordan and Tyler of Chesterbrook.  Their mom, Erica likes the TE Patch page on Facebook. That's how she found out about Chester County SPCA Day at Rita's Water Ice of Chesterbrook Village. We often post about local business deals, events and area happenings on Facebook and Twitter before the story appears here on the TE Patch homepage. Our facebook page is where you can also find more extensive photo galleries and shared posts about cool stuff happening all over TE. If you haven't "liked" us on Facebook yet, now's the time. You'll often find about cool stuff like Wednesday's prize giveaway at Rita's on our Facebook and Twitter pages before you'll …

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Would You Let Your Tween Use Your FB Account?

The social-networking site is apparently mulling over the idea.

Facebook is developing technology that would allow those under the age of 13 to access the site under parental supervision, a move that could help bring in a sea of new users for revenue but that could also increase privacy concerns, according to a report in Monday's Wall Street Journal. The technology being tested would allow children's accounts to be tied to their parents' accounts so that parents would decide whom their children could "friend." New kid-friendly features also could allow Facebook and its partners to bill parents for games and other entertainment accessed by their kids. Currently, Facebook bans those under the age of 13. But several studies show that many children use Facebook despite the ban, often with their parents' …

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Wayne Man Arrested for Child Porn on Facebook

Police say he altered and then re-posted images from four teen girls' Facebook pages.

19-year-old Neil Geckle of Wayne is facing charges of child pornography after police say he took images of four girls from their respective Facebook pages, altered them in a sexually graphic way, and reposted them online. The Internet Crimes Against Children section of the Delaware County District Attorney's Criminal Investigation Division joined the Radnor Township Police Department in filing the charges. Click here to read the full story on Radnor Patch.

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2010 Wayne Incident Leads to Social Media Debate

A punch in the nose at a Wayne soccer game leads to a judge to order a man to disclose his Facebook password.

A 2010 recreation league soccer game that took place in Wayne has placed a Montgomery County in the center of a debate over a national privacy law. Common Pleas Court Judge William R. Carpenter ordered Matthew Urbanovich on February 27 to give his Facebook login credentials to Nicholas Gallagher. The judge issued the order so that Gallagher's attorneys could look for information that would bolster Gallagher's civil lawsuit against Urbanovich. According to court filings Gallagher, who lives in King of Prussia, is seeking damages from Urbanovich after a March 2010 soccer game in Wayne where Urbanovich allegedly punched Gallagher and broke his nose.  Urbanovich,of Philadelphia, was arrested by Upper Merion police for assault about a week …

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Last Chance: Facebook Photos

Friday's the deadline, what's going to be on your Facebook page?

We've seen hundreds of events come and go in the community, but how often does one pass you by that you wish you hadn't missed out on? That's where we come in. Each week TE Patch will post a quick reminder about the events, activities or important tasks whose deadlines have come. If your school, church, business or other group has an important deadline coming up in the next week, let us know in the comments below or send an email to the editor: Bob.Byrne@Patch.com. What: Facebook changes everyone to it's new timeline format on Friday When: Friday, March 31 Why it matters: Facebook is literally the "face" of thousands of small business and if you have not selected a photo for the top of your Facebook page you'll be coming up blank. What: A …

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