01.11.2022 Community 2021 Community Leader of the Year: Rev. Natalie Wimberly The North Fork was not exempt from the turbulence felt throughout the nation and around the world when a video of George Floyd’s murder went viral on social media...
01.09.2022 Business 2021 Businessperson of the Year: Paul Romanelli Selfless. Passionate. Caring. All have been used to describe Paul Romanelli, owner of longtime Southold business Suffolk Security Systems. In addition to running his own company, the Cutchogue resident...
01.08.2022 Education 2021 Educator of the Year: Melanie Douglass In the last two decades as an educator in Greenport, Melanie Douglass has mentored hundreds of high school students. Even if they weren’t ‘hers,’ per se, she’d avail herself...
01.08.2022 Government 2021 Public Servant of the Year: Charles Sanders Growing up on his family’s farm in Southold, Ray Terry knew at an early age what service in the military looked like. And what its risks were. After all,...
01.07.2022 News 2021 Sports Person of the Year: Dylan Newman Green is his color, No. 5 is his number and baseball is his game. That hasn’t changed for Dylan Newman. Neither has his persona. Anyone who runs into Newman...
01.06.2022 Community 2021 Person of the Year: Gabby Stroup Last year, the Southold-owned animal shelter in Peconic was busy. Records show that the shelter, which is managed by the North Fork Animal Welfare League, took in 463 dogs...
