2018 People of the Year Archives

03.16.2019 Community

Honoring the 2018 People of the Year: photos

Times Review Media Group honored its 2018 People of the Year at a ceremony March 7 at Polish Hall in Riverhead. The honorees, representing the Riverhead News-Review, The Suffolk...

03.12.2019 Videos

2018 Community Leader of the Year: Rev. Dr. Ann Van Cleef

One Sunday morning in early 2001, children were seated in the front pews of Orient Congregational Church. The Rev. Dr. Ann Van Cleef stood beside them, recalling a children’s...

03.10.2019 Videos

2018 Sportsperson of the Year: Frank Massa

One of the most notable coaching careers in Suffolk County high school girls volleyball was born with no prior notice or fanfare.

03.08.2019 Videos

2018 Public Servant of the Year: Rodney Shelby

Over two decades, Rodney Shelby has become a familiar face around the Mattituck-Cutchogue School District. Regardless of temperature or season, he can be spotted painting and prepping athletic fields,...

01.09.2019 Police

2018 Special Commendation: For the solution to a 51-year-old murder mystery

In October 2017, we published a 10,000-word story called “Gone” that was accompanied by a nearly hour-long documentary. The story and the documentary concerned the October 1966 disappearance of...

01.05.2019 Editorials

Editorial: Congratulations to all of our People of the Year

Every year at this time we devote our newspapers to celebrating people in our communities who are doing extraordinary things in their everyday lives and careers.