03.12.2026 Community 2025 People of the Year awards ceremony: in their words The Suffolk Times’ 2025 People of the Year were honored at a ceremony Wednesday evening at the Riverhead Fire Department. Surrounded by friends and family, the honorees expressed heartfelt...
01.09.2026 People of the Year 2025 Community Leader of The Year: Faith Welch In a community with few young people in leadership roles, Faith Welch stands out. The Greenport High School senior has become a powerful advocate on issues from racial justice...
07.17.2025 News Greenport’s Faith Welch wins national prize in race relations Faith Welch of Greenport, 17, won the 2025 Princeton Prize in Race Relations for the New York City metro region. This prize recognizes 25 students throughout the country who have...
07.03.2025 News Greenport teen reports racial profiling incident Faith Welch, a junior at Greenport High School, and her boyfriend Jon Luc Jobson were in an Uber three weeks ago headed to the Strawberry Festival in Mattituck when...
07.01.2025 Community The youth speak their truth at Juneteenth celebration The fourth annual Juneteenth celebration and parade kicked off Saturday to what seemed to be a sparse crowd. However, after the opening ceremony at Clinton Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church,...
05.20.2024 Community North Fork’s first Juneteenth parade set for Greenport The Greenport community will welcome the North Fork’s first-ever Juneteenth parade as part of its annual celebration of the federal holiday. Greenport’s Clinton Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, along with...
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