E-mail: Susan.Petroni(at)Patch.com
Phone: 508-315-7176
Hometown: Resident of Framingham since 2000.
Life-long resident of Massachusetts. Born and raised in Everett.
Birthday: April 30
Bio: Susan has been a journalist since high school, when she was hired by the Everett-Leader Herald to cover basketball and other high school sports.
After graduating from Boston College, Susan was an award-winning sports editor (New England Press Association (NEPA) awards) and an award-winning education reporter (named best education reporter by the Massachusetts Teachers Association) while working for North Shore Weeklies.
Next, Susan worked as a political and investigative reporter at the Old Colony Memorial in Plymouth. During her tenure, the paper won New England Newspaper of the Year from the New England Newspaper Association (NENA); and Susan won individual NEPA , Suburban Newspapers of American (SNA) and National Newspapers Association (NNA) awards.
A former editor of the Billerica Minute-Man, and an investigative reporter for Beacon Communications and the former Community Newspaper Company, Susan left weekly newspapers for the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Eagle-Tribune newspaper in 1994. Overseeing community journalism in more than a half dozen communities as Suburban Editor, Susan later became the Features and Arts & Entertainment Editor. The daily newspaper was a finalist for a Pulitzer (Malden Mills Fire) and won numerous NENA & NEPA awards during her tenure.
After getting married and having a family, Susan became a freelance writer and editor. She has written for national publications like FamilyFun magazine and was editor of Bay State Parent magazine from 2004-2008. Bay State Parent won more than 100 awards while Susan was at the helm, including being named best regional parenting magazine in North America by SNA in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Susan also won several individual Parenting Publications of America (PPA) awards for her writing and editing.
Susan has been a presenter at New England Press Association conventions. She has done seminars on crime reporting, education reporting, sports reporting, religion reporting, covering and attracting younger readers, and investigative reporting.
Susan also has been a presenter at the national PPA convention speaking on increasing Web readership, education reporting, and engaging readers.
A multi-award winner in several journalism categories, Susan was invited to judge the Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Maine Press Awards.
Susan lives in Framingham with her husband and daughter. She does a lot of volunteer work and has been a Girl Scout leader since 2006.
An avid photographer, she is rarely seen without her camera. Susan and her family are active residents in town.
The Framingham High School Drama Company brings the children's books to life Friday night. Families are invited to the benefit performance.
Town Meeting member Deb Butler's legal suits against the town is costing taxpayers. Last night, her articles against Veterans Agent failed.
The Framingham High boys ice hockey team end the regular season at 14-3-5, and now await a MIAA post-season tournament bid.
The library has been closed since October 17, after an electrical explosion and fire.
The bill, Lali’s Law, is named after Alex Laliberte, a young man from Illinois’s 10th Congressional District who died from a drug overdose.
Framingham State earns the No. 6 seed for the tournament and will travel to No. 3 seed Fitchburg State on Saturday at 4 p.m.
The Framingham State men's basketball team lost to Bridgewater State Tuesday night 60-51. Rams ends season at 5-21 overall.
Republicans will be asked to elect a state committee man and state committee woman on Tuesday, March 1.
Dean’s List students are full-time students with a grade point average between 3.3 and 4.0.
Clark: "Both of these fine individuals have worked tirelessly to promote Republican candidates."
The Framingham middle school principal said the knife was confiscated.
Republicans will elect one state committee woman and one state committee man on Tuesday, March 1.
The election is March 1.
Kindergarten and first graders began their travels to a new school after a pipe burst and damaged their classrooms at the Framingham school.
New Massachusetts law authorizes prison for up to 20 years for anyone convicted of Fentanyl trafficking.
Framingham Special Town Meeting tonight and Congresswoman Clark read about America's first woman firefighter to Framingham kindergarteners.
National Weather Service in Boston has issued a winter weather advisory for MetroWest, including Framingham.
A proposed restaurant, as part of the plan for Shoppers World, has yet to be named. Natick approved an indoor skydiving facility.
A second suspect, known only as "Big Al" is still at large.
After a month without wi-fi access for staff and students not using district-owned devices, the district says wi-fi is available for BYOD.
