E-mail: Charlene.Arsenault@patch.com
Phone: 508-736-7708
Hometown: Central Massachusetts
Birthday: June 29, 1970
Snapshot: Married, keyboard player, animal activist who started the Pet Rock Festival, writer, night owl, chatterbox, kind of sporty, adventurous, bad at math and eating small portions.
I grew up in Leicester, MA, and graduated with an English degree from Fitchburg State College in 1993. Out of college, I landed a small weekly music column called The Beat Goes On (yeah, I didn't name it) under the tutelage of editor Sandy Bowles, who was also an editor at Patch.
But my first "real" job was at Worcester Magazine, which I nabbed not long after. Spending days in the news room, where then the pages were still tacked to the lightboard in the production room, typing led to becoming a music column, and ultimately to an editor position.
As a reporter Worcester Magazine, the Telegram and Gazette, Central MA News and a host of other publications, I have covered just about anything imaginable.
Politically, I'm unusual, especially in Massachusetts. Unusual in that I'm gay, yet I most often vote conservatively. I consider myself socially liberal and fiscally conservative and generally subscribe to the Libertarian way of thinking.
I am very concerned about never letting biases get in the way of presenting an objective story. In the end, the story is about the subjects—not me—and I always let them talk.
Over the years, I've gotten quite a few letters and comments that compliment my ability to be fair, my concern over anonymity (when it is requested) and sensitivity to keeping a comment in context.
I edit and provide content for Massachusetts Patch sites.
The Framingham Heart Study Celebrates has researched three generations of people to come up with groundbreaking findings on heart disease.
The checkpoint takes place at an undisclosed location during varied hours this weekend.
"I am going with the real Diehl."
There are several reports that a car landed in a pond in Wayland off Route 20 on Monday evening.
Don't miss it. It's the week to get all your yard waste out for the DPW to pick it up in Framingham.
While there is a steady stream of voting within the first week of early voting, more turned out in 2016 in the first week.
Lee was a runner up finish in a bracelet event in 2017 as well as one previous Circuit ring. Now he can add another Circuit ring.
"The tragedy has touched the entire Jewish community."
According to the results of a recent survey that was released, Grafton students don't drink, smoke or vape as much as other students.
Jim McGovern has represented the 2nd Congressional District for MA in the U.S. House for 20 years. Could Tracy Lovvorn change this?
While there is a steady stream of voting within the first five days of early voting, more turned out in 2016 in the first five days.
The woman told police she thought the coat was one of the pantry's offerings.
A nine-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy, both suffering from cancer, received $5,000.
This annual food drive involves Cub, Boy and Girl Scouts coming by your house and picking up food donations from your doorstep. It's easy.
This annual food drive involves Cub, Boy and Girl Scouts coming by your house and picking up food donations from your doorstep. It's easy.
Police hang out in the parking lot of Roche Bros. with their cruiser trunks open, ready to take your food donations.
"These proposals will result in our youngest children not receiving a sufficient amount of sleep."
The Wayland School Committee has been collecting feedback and studying the option of later school times for months.
A road in Weston is closed waiting for Eversource.
This is the first in a series on Patch asking readers what should move into empty buildings. We start with this historic place on Route 30.
