E-mail: matthew.schooley@patch.com

Phone number: (978) 761-9473

A 2007 graduate of Springfield College, I took over as the local editor for Wilmington Patch at the beginning of 2011. Prior to starting with Patch, I was an award-winning staff writer at Neighborhood News, Inc., based in Manchester, New Hampshire. At Neighborhood News, I covered board meetings, high school sports and anything that was interesting in the community. With Patch, I looks forward to providing in-depth coverage of breaking news, features and sports. I am also excited to meeting the people of Wilmington and showing them why Patch is their home for everything local.

I grew up in a small town in southern New Hampshire, and have always loved writing. Since the first day of classes at Springfield College (where I double-majored in Communications/Sports Journalism and English), I knew that I wanted to cover sports and news. 

When I am not covering Wilmington, I love watching the Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics and Bruins, along with just about any sport that's on television. On weekends when the weather is nice, I play in a recreational softball league with friends and family.

This July, I will be getting married in New Hampshire to my fiance, who I have dated since high school.