Blunders
Ladies
God bless you, God bless your family and God bless the city of Springfield.
What does General Manager Fran Smith count in our newspapers?
Faces
University of Massachusetts Amherst and UMass Amherst
This business was formerly located in Monson's newest dispensary - Dazed Cannabis.
The Magic Lantern
This Wilbraham School Committee member referred to a member of the public at a meeting as a "tool bag."
Bill Bontempi
In this community, from 2022 to 2023 superintendent Jahmal Mosley was placed on paid leave for nine months until he ultimately resigned in a one-sentence letter.
South Hadley
This mayor wore a Batman outfit in front of City Hall at Holloween and posted it to social media.
Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia
How many towns does The Reminder cover?
50
This is an acceptable term for marijuana under AP style in limited uses, but not for Reminder style?
Reefer
This community recently had a human who was ejected from their car dragged off by a bear.
Hatfield
This state representative captioned one of his Instagram photos of himself "cut from a different cloth, they don't make it anymore."
Orlando Ramos
Lynn Clark
This mayor got into hot water in 2022 for commenting on a student "not acting white."
Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle
In what year did The Reminder purchase the Westfield News?
2019
What does Payton insist we cannot do with a meeting?
Hold
This former Westfield Police Detective had a 48 Hours special come out about him last week detailing the alleged murder and/or suicide of his wife.
Brian Fanion
This state senator consistently brings his mother to events he attends.
Jake Oliveira
These type of claims at Amherst Middle School initially published in a student newspaper led to the resignation of its superintendent.
Transphobic and homophobic treatment of students by teachers and counselors.
This former Western Mass. mayor currently runs a packing and shipping store with his twin brother.
Richard Cohen
Former Executive Editor Mike Dobbs refers to himself as this, and also recently named his podcast the same phrase.
An ink stained wretch.
What datelines would be placed on stories from Leeds, Feeding Hills and Thorndike?
Northampton, Agawam and Palmer
This town in Hampden County has residents of a mobile home community in upheaval as they currently struggle with their landlord.
Ludlow
Southwick Police Chief-elect Rhett Bannish committed this violation not once, but twice.
Fourth Amendment Rights Violation
Bennett Walsh
This current sitting mayor was the first mayor elected in his community from 1990 to 2000, took 23 years off from mayoral duties, and was elected as mayor once again in 2023.
Agawam Mayor Christopher Johnson
What married couple founded The Reminder in 1962 (first and last names.)
This piece of punctuation is not included after the second item in a list of three.
Oxford comma
In this community, a select board member was threatened with violence and later resigned after not voting to renew town administrator Gary Brougham's contract.
Belchertown
Holyoke City Councilor Michael Sullivan controversially used this phrase in 2017 to push efforts to stop panhandling.
"Don't feed the animals."