What KP Readers Wanted to Read…
The Kittanning Paper website (www.kittanningpaper.com) receives an average of nearly 3,000 visits each weekday that read on the average of at least 3 of the 8 pages of the latest news.
Daily activity on the site is monitored using sophisticated computer software.
The top five stories over the past 30 days that drew readers were: (1) Jerry Miklos being elected to Ford City Borough Council based on write-in votes (12/16/2011) drew 2,265 readers. (2) School directors capped possible tax increases (12/13/2011) captured the interest of 1,548 readers. (3) The kick-off of the new Emergency Operating Center construction (12/22/2011) drew 1,498 readers, but had the most comments of the top articles by readers. (4) The delay of the sale of the former Ford City Heritage Park by F&M Bank to ARC Manor (1/06/2012) caught the attention of 1,290 Ford City and Kittanning readers alike. (5) When Manor Township firefighters asked for help of taxpayers to purchase a new fire truck (12/08/11), it drew 1,198 readers – some for, but many against the consideration.
Readers came from a variety of areas. The top five areas were 31,465 visitors from the Kittanning area, 2,400 from Pittsburgh, 1,813 from Leechburg, 1,345 from Butler, and 957 from Ford City.


