01.07.2025 People of the Year 2024 Sportsperson of the Year: Billy Hickox Billy Hickox was a multisport athlete from a young age. He played soccer and baseball while in school and enjoyed volleyball with his friends. But all of that was...
01.06.2025 People of the Year 2024 Business Person of the Year: Greg Ammirati The Mattituck community has shown Greg Ammirati nothing but love for the past decade, and he only wants to give that love right back — and not just in...
01.03.2025 People of the Year 2024 Community Leaders of the Year: Paul Drum Life Experience Project In the words of his mother Sharon Sailor, Paul Drum has dipped his “foot in every pond.” Even with Down syndrome, the almost-40-year-old has achieved a seat in public...
01.03.2025 People of the Year 2024 Public Servant of the Year: Stacey Norklun Tucked away at a corner desk in a modest back office in Southold Town Hall, one of the town’s most cherished employees toils in obscurity on projects that literally...
01.02.2025 People of the Year 2024 Educator of the Year: Gary Buckner Gary Buckner’s classroom can be anything: a theater for debate, a television newsroom or the place where watermelons meet their demise in a guillotine. For the students who are...
01.04.2024 People of the Year 2023 People of the Year: Cutchogue Fire Department water rescue team They are called “first responders” for a reason, and four members of the Cutchogue Fire Department water rescue team answered the call in heroic fashion this summer. July 6...
11.10.2023 Community Nominations open for our 2023 People of the Year Every year at this time we use this space to ask Suffolk Times readers to nominate candidates for our annual People of the Year awards. With their heartfelt nominations,...
01.27.2023 Community Celebrating Times Review Media Group’s People of the Year Times Review Media Group honored its 2021 and 2022 People of the Year Thursday night. Chosen by the editors of the Riverhead News-Review, The Suffolk Times, Shelter Island Reporter...
10.27.2022 News Editorial: Last call for People of the Year nominations There are few bigger thrills for us as a media organization than our annual People of the Year awards. The winners’ stories of community service, dedication and perseverance are...
10.02.2022 Featured Story Editorial: Nominations sought for 2022 People of the Year There are few bigger thrills for us as a media organization than our annual People of the Year awards. The winners’ stories of community service, dedication and perseverance are...