06.22.2026 Community PHOTO GALLERY: Miss Hattie leads Greenport’s annual Juneteenth parade A 101-year-old Greenport matriarch helped lead the way during the village’s annual Juneteenth parade Saturday. The celebration began at Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church, where elders were recognized before...
06.18.2026 Community Greenport’s Hattie McKnight, 101, to be honored at Juneteenth celebration Hattie McKnight still drives herself to church every Sunday — no small feat for a woman born just a few years after World War I. At 101, the longtime...
06.17.2026 Community Greenport’s annual Juneteenth celebration returns bigger than ever Greenport’s annual Juneteenth celebration will return to the village with expanded festivities June 19 and 20. Scheduled events include a community fundraising dinner, a performance at North Fork Arts...
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,...
06.22.2025 Editorials Editorial: Juneteenth reminds us that freedom is everything On June 19, 1865, Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, and informed its Black residents that they were a free people. The 246 years of slavery that began in Virginia...
06.16.2025 Community Juneteenth celebration returns to Greenport The fourth annual Greenport Juneteenth celebration will take place on June 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is free to attend. The focus of this year’s celebration...
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,...
10.31.2024 Community Greenport’s Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church marks centennial The Clinton Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of Greenport will kick off a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the congregation Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. with...
06.23.2024 Editorials Editorial: The drums got us moving “When the drummers start drumming, they’re calling the people together,” the Rev. Natalie Wimberly said Saturday as she stood atop the steps at Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church in...
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