02.10.2025 People of the Year 2024 People of the Year awards ceremony: in their words The Suffolk Times’ 2024 People of the Year awards were handed out in a ceremony Thursday night at Southold American Legion. As honorees received their awards, they took to...
01.07.2025 People of the Year 2024 Sportsperson of the Year: Billy Hickox Billy Hickox was a multisport athlete from a young age. He played soccer and baseball while in school and enjoyed volleyball with his friends. But all of that was...
01.06.2025 People of the Year 2024 Business Person of the Year: Greg Ammirati The Mattituck community has shown Greg Ammirati nothing but love for the past decade, and he only wants to give that love right back — and not just in...
01.03.2025 People of the Year 2024 Community Leaders of the Year: Paul Drum Life Experience Project In the words of his mother Sharon Sailor, Paul Drum has dipped his “foot in every pond.” Even with Down syndrome, the almost-40-year-old has achieved a seat in public...
01.03.2025 People of the Year 2024 Public Servant of the Year: Stacey Norklun Tucked away at a corner desk in a modest back office in Southold Town Hall, one of the town’s most cherished employees toils in obscurity on projects that literally...
01.02.2025 People of the Year 2024 Person of the Year: Donna Lane Five days a week, Southold police dispatcher Donna Lane answers a variety of 911 calls — from house alarm system alerts to car wrecks and everything in between —...
01.02.2025 People of the Year 2024 Educator of the Year: Gary Buckner Gary Buckner’s classroom can be anything: a theater for debate, a television newsroom or the place where watermelons meet their demise in a guillotine. For the students who are...
01.29.2024 People of the Year Celebrating The Suffolk Times 2023 People of the Year The Times Review Media Group celebrated several exceptional members of the North Fork community at its annual People of the Year Awards reception Thursday night. Honorees and their guests...
01.04.2024 People of the Year 2023 Educator of the Year: Rebecca Szymanski Rebecca Szymanski has been fighting for her life since the day she was born. Born with a congenital heart condition — pulmonary atresia, tricuspid atresia and transposition of the...
01.04.2024 People of the Year 2023 People of the Year: Cutchogue Fire Department water rescue team They are called “first responders” for a reason, and four members of the Cutchogue Fire Department water rescue team answered the call in heroic fashion this summer. July 6...
01.04.2024 People of the Year 2023 Business People of the Year: The Goldsmith family Early in the 20th century, Alvah Goldsmith Sr. lived on a farm in Peconic and worked at a car dealership to support his family. He had an affinity for...
01.04.2024 People of the Year 2023 Community Leader of the Year: Lori Panarello The first ever North Fork Pride Parade this summer in Greenport brought joy to residents that was visible, palpable and has had lasting positive effects for the community. Eleanor...
01.04.2024 People of the Year 2023 Public Servant of the Year: Candace Hall Since late last summer, when Greenport Village Clerk Candace Hall took on her new role in Village Hall, the tiny municipal building on Third Street has been a whirlwind...
01.04.2024 People of the Year 2023 Sportsperson of the Year: Bob Gammon As Bob Gammon always says: “Effort equals results.” The 2022-23 school year marked the single greatest in the history of Southold Robotics Team RICE 870 — and any Long...
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