Meet Our News Team

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Do you have a story idea of a community announcement for one of our publications? Below is a list of our staff and the towns they serve.

 

For submissions to the East Longmeadow Reminder, the Chicopee Herald, the Ludlow Reminder or the Palmer/Monson Reminder, the Springfield North or Springfield South Reminders, email Managing Editor, East Chris Maza at cmaza@thereminder.com.

For submissions to the Easthampton Reminder, the Northampton Reminder, the Hadley/Amherst Reminder or the Holyoke Reminder, email Managing Editor, Hampshire Dennis Hackett at dhackett@thereminder.com.

For submissions to the Agawam Reminder, the Original Pennysaver or the Westfield News, email Managing Editor, West Michael Ballway at mballway@thereminder.com.

 

Our East office is located at 280 North Main St. East Longmeadow, MA 01028.

Our West office is located at 181 Root Rd. Westfield, MA 01085.

Payton North, Executive Editor

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As Executive Editor, Payton North oversees the production of Reminder Publishings' editorial products, including all 12 of The Reminder's weekly newspapers: the Chicopee Herald, the East Longmeadow Reminder, the Holyoke Reminder, the Original Pennysaver, the Agawam Reminder, the Easthampton Reminder, the Northampton Reminder, and the Amherst Reminder, the Ludlow/Belchertown Reminder, the Monson/Palmer Reminder the Springfield Reminders as well as Reminder Publishing's daily newspaper, the Westfield News, and monthly publications PRIME Magazine and Go Local Magazine. She also contributes opinion columns to the publications.


Email: pnorth@thereminder.com
Phone: (413) 788-1362

Chris Maza, Managing Editor, Hampden County East

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As Managing Editor of the Hampden County East publications, Chris Maza is the primary editor for the East Longmeadow Reminder, the Chicopee Herald, the Ludlow/Belchertown Reminder, the Palmer/Monson Reminder and the Springfield Reminders. Chris also contributes occasional opinion columns for the weekly editions, as well as reporting in each of the publications he oversees.

Email: cmaza@thereminder.com
Phone: (413) 213-6194

Dennis Hackett, Managing Editor, Hampshire County

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As managing editor for the Hampshire County publications, Dennis oversees content for the Northampton Reminder, Easthampton Reminder, Hadley/Amherst Reminder and Holyoke Reminder. Dennis contributes occasional opinion columns as well as reporting to each of the editions he oversees.

Email: dhackett@thereminder.com
Phone: (413) 213-6169

Michael Ballway, Managing Editor, Hampden County West

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As managing editor of the Hampden County West publications, Michael Ballway is the primary editor for the Original Pennysaver and the Agawam Reminder, as well as the Westfield News. Michael also contributes occasional reporting in each of the publications he oversees.

Email: mballway@thereminder.com
Phone: (413) 788-1190

Debbie Gardner, PRIME Magazine Editor

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Debbie Gardner is the editor of PRIME Magazine, Reminder Publishings' monthly lifestyle magazine for those 45 and older. This publication is available at sites throughout the Pioneer Valley and northern Connecticut. Debbie Gardner also contributes in editing all 12 of the weekly Reminder publications.

Email: dgardner@thereminder.com
Phone: (413) 525-6662

Chris Putz, Westfield News Sports Editor

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Chris Putz is the Sports Editor for The Westfield News. He also coordinates sports photography for The Reminder weeklies. Catch him attending sporting events in our communities!

Email: cputz@thereminder.com
Phone: (413) 213-6179

Sarah Heinonen, Staff Writer

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Sarah Heinonen is the lead reporter for the East Longmeadow Reminder, which covers East Longmeadow, Longmeadow, Hampden, Wilbraham, Enfield, Somers and Springfield. Prior to becoming the lead East Longmeadow Reminder reporter, she wrote for the Agawam Reminder.

Email: sheinonen@thereminder.com
Phone: (413) 788-1227

Matt Conway, Staff Writer

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Matt Conway is the lead reporter for the Chicopee Herald and the Springfield Reminders, which cover Chicopee and Springfield.

Email: mconway@thereminder.com

Phone: (413) 634-4581

Lauren LeBel, Staff Writer

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Lauren LeBel is the lead reporter for the Palmer/Monson Reminder, which covers the towns of Palmer, Monson, Ware, Wales, Hardwick, Warren, Holland and Brimfield.

Prior to becoming the lead reporter for the Palmer/Monson Reminder, Lauren was the lead reporter for the Agawam/West Springfield Reminder.

Email: llebel@thereminder.com
Phone: (413) 788-3594

Ryan Feyre, Staff Writer

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Ryan Feyre is the lead reporter for the Northampton Reminder, which covers Northampton, Chesterfield, Cummington, Florence, Goshen, Hatfield, Haydenville, Leeds, Williamsburg and Worthington. Ryan's reporting can also be found in the Amherst Reminder, the Easthampton Reminder and the Holyoke Reminder.

Email: rfeyre@thereminder.com
Phone: (413) 213-6196

Amy Porter, Staff Writer

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Amy Porter is a Staff Writer specializing in the Hilltowns for the Original Pennysaver, which covers Blandford, Chester, Otis, Granville, Huntington, Montgomery, Russell/Woronoco, Southwick, Tolland and Westfield. Amy also writes for The Westfield News.

Email: amyporter@thewestfieldnews.com

Phone: (413) 788-3597

Trent Levakis, Staff Writer

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Trent Levakis is the lead reporter for the Holyoke Reminder, which covers the towns of Holyoke, Granby and South Hadley. His reporting can also be found in the Amherst Reminder, the Easthampton Reminder and the Northampton Reminder.

Email: tlevakis@thereminder.com

Doc Pruyne, Staff Writer

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Doc Pruyne writes part-time for Reminder Publishing's newspapers serving Hampshire and Franklin Counties, specializing in the communities of Leverett, Pelham, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Whately, Hatfield, Williamsburg, Chesterfield, Goshen, Worthington and Cummington.

Email: dpruyne@thereminder.com

Mike Lydick, Staff Writer

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Mike Lydick is a part-time staff writer who reports for the Agawam/West Springfield Reminder, the Westfield News and the Original Pennysaver.

Email: mlydick@thereminder.com

Tyler Garnet, Staff Writer

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Tyler Garnet is the lead reporter for the Ludlow/Belchertown Reminder.

Email: tgarnet@thereminder.com

Marc St. Onge, Photographer

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Marc St. Onge is our staff photographer who takes photos for both the Westfield News and the Reminder weeklies.