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.
Rep. Katherine Clark also donated 2 bags of books to McCarthy Elementary School, which was damaged last week when a pipe burst.
There will be limited service at the federal administration office on Feb. 25 and 26.
The election is Tuesday, March 1.
An elderly man who was allegedly hit by a teenage driver was brought by helicopter to a local hospital.
The range in prices in the latest AAA survey for unleaded regular is 44 cents, from a low of $1.55 to a high of $1.99.
After some confusion on the motion and how much to reduce the fees, the School Committee voted on a new bus fee for 2016-17 school year.
"I have never met someone more energetic and driven" said Framingham resident Kelly Clark about Janet Leombruno
Deadline to submit a letter is Tuesday, March 1.
The candidate for the Republican state committee said he will not take a job or appointment with Baker administration
John Macklin died unexpectedly on Sunday, Feb. 21. A GoFundMe has been set up to help the family, that has 2 children.
The early Sunday morning crash knocked out power to hundreds in Framingham.
A grade point average of 3.8 or higher is required to make the list of the Massachusetts college.
Candidate: "It’s time to change the Massachusetts ‘lambscape’ by electing more Republicans."
Framingham teen arrested in connection with UMass lockdown in court, power outage on Sunday, and School Committing meeting tonight.
A pipe burst at the Framingham elementary school causing heavily-damage to one one wing of the school over school vacation week.
Judith Kalaora, of History at Play, celebrates Christa McAuliffe’s legacy with a journey through her life on Sunday, March 6.
Mary Z. Connaughton: "Janet is literally everywhere, working to support, and recruit candidates for the party."
The Flyers dance team won the Shepherd Hill Winter Invitational Dance Championship over the weekend.
Emergency repairs are needed by MassDOT.
Looking for part-time? Many companies in the area are hiring.
