It's a rough job but someone has to do it: East has taken one for the team and taste-tested the season's most delicious-sounding beverages in search of the ultimate, definitive cocktail for the summer of 2024. We found it at Townline BBQ: the strawberry mezcalita.

East Hampton fire trucks and police cars greeted the Little League 10-and-under all-star softball team at around 9:30 p.m. on July 3 as the joyful players returned here after defeating their Riverhead peers 5-3 in the District 36 championship game played at Stotzky Memorial Park.

Zibby Owens is the head of a publishing house, owner of a bookstore, founder of a media company, host of a popular literary podcast, and the author of two books.

Judith Hudson's current exhibition at the Tripoli Gallery takes aim at mortality with a sure painterly hand and an astute sense of humor.