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Newest Brighton School Board Member Opposes District Social Media Costs

Brighton Area Schools currently pays $500 per month for social media management.

With Brighton Area Schools looking at a budget amendment that leaves board members wondering whether the district will have a balanced budget at the end of the fiscal year, Secretary Nick Fiani spoke out against the district's social media costs while reviewing bills, during Monday night's meeting. Brighton Schools currently pay a district parent with a social media company $500 a month to actively post and monitor its Facebook and Twitter accounts 24-hours a day. Superintendent Greg Gray said the cost worked out to about $17 a day. "Maybe that is an area that we can cut," Fiani said. "That's not going to save the district, I know that, I'm not that naive. But I think we should dissect it further." Fiani said that the $6,000 a year is an …

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20 Facebook Pages Brighton Residents Should 'Like'

Check out some of the top Brighton-centric pages available on Facebook.

The following list is in no particular order. Know a really great Brighton-related Facebook page missing from the list? Add your favorites in the comments section and we'll update our list with your suggestions.

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Facebook Users: Simple Step to Make Sure You Still Get Brighton Patch News

Because of changes to Facebook pages, many of our posts are only visible to a handful of users. Here's how to make sure you still get Patch news on Facebook.

Because of a recent change to Facebook's pages, Brighton Patch's news posts on the site are becoming visible to far fewer readers. There is a simple step to make sure you still get our updates in your news feed: Step 1: Navigate to Brighton Patch's Facebook page. Step 2: Click the button at the top of the page where it says "Liked." Step 3: Check "Show in news feed." And you're done!

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Picture-Perfect Brighton: Share Your Favorite Photos of Our Town

We're updating our Facebook page and want to showcase your photos in our 'timeline."

We all have a favorite photo backdrop around town. Whether it's downtown during at Mill Pond Park or at one of the many beautiful lakes in the area, there are amazing settings everywhere you look in Brighton. We want to show them off. Much like we did during our Patch of Michigan photo contest last summer, we want to compile a gallery of favorite photos from Brighton. We'll use our favorites in the new "timeline" collage we're creating for our Brighton Patch Facebook page. Have a Brighton photo to show off? Click "upload" and share it with Patch readers.

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