12.27.2024 Year in Review 2024 Year in review: North Fork Juneteenth parade and celebration “When the drummers start drumming, they’re calling the people together,” the Rev. Natalie Wimberly said as she stood atop the steps at Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church in Greenport,...
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...
06.04.2020 Community A call to end injustice at candlelight vigil in Greenport “Enough is enough!” Time and again, those words thundered from Rev. Natalie Wimberly, her voice from the podium atop the church steps ringing in the ears of hundreds standing...
06.29.2015 News Candlelight vigil for Charleston church victims Monday in Greenport There will be a candlelight vigil held tonight, June 29, in Greenport to express solidarity with the victims killed June 17 in a Charleston church. The vigil will start at...
06.23.2015 Religion Local church leaders react to Charleston shooting Lela Heyward received a phone call at midnight last Wednesday from her hometown of Charleston, S.C. She couldn’t believe the news. Although her nephew didn’t belong to Emanuel African...