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Drivers take note: School opens this week, which means those familiar yellow buses will be back on the roads right alongside everyone else. And with that drive-safe reminder, here's another — school buses here are now equipped with stop-arm cameras to catch and penalize drivers who fail to brake for buses with flashing red lights.

After a month that saw huge spikes in enterococcus bacteria levels at test sites throughout East Hampton Town, thanks mostly to runoff from recent thunderstorms, the Aug. 29 weekly water-quality report from Concerned Citizens of Montauk lists only one site out of 32 with entero levels considered risky to human health: Accabonac Harbor, east of the Old Stone Highway culvert in Springs.

The Great Bonac 10K and 5K races, an annual fixture in Springs that the late Howard Lebwith began in 1977, but which have not been held since 2019, are again to be contested Monday, with the Springs Firehouse on Fort Pond Boulevard serving as the races’ staging area.

Phoenix House, an alcohol and drug rehabilitation organization, will hold an afternoon of events at its East Hampton outpost on Wednesday to mark International Overdose Awareness day.

The Shinnecock Nation has invited the community at large to its annual powwow, a celebration of Native American culture, Friday through Monday on its tribal grounds, 1 Church Street in Southampton. This year marks the tribe's 76th powwow.

BookHampton and libraries in East Hampton, Montauk, and Sag Harbor have announced their September selections.

Adults, teens, and kids have two opportunities coming up to explore the world around them — and above them.

East Hampton High School students seeking permission to drive to school can go to the main office on Monday and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. to sign up for a parking permit.

Summer’s carefree days are winding down and school is right around the corner in September. The Star wants to hear from area families and students: What school-related questions do you have?

Raise your hand and ask us; we'll source answers for you in our back-to-school coverage over the next few weeks. Send an email to Christine Sampson, deputy managing editor, at csampson@ehstar.com.

The Clubhouse in Wainscott will once again host the Hamptons Cannabis Expo on Saturday from 1 to 8 p.m., with a V.I.P. dinner and after-party at 8:30. The expo aims to connect would-be cannabis entrepreneurs with experts in the industry.

In what has shifted from a long-ago Independence Day tradition to an end-of-summer favorite, fireworks will light up the sky over Main Beach on Saturday starting around 9 p.m.

The Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs will have an educational concert on Saturday for families interested in learning more about jazz.

Among the food-forward events planned for this weekend are benefits for institutions like Amber Waves Farm, the Springs Food Pantry, and the Amagansett Fire Department.

East Hampton Village’s Tuesday night music series at Main Beach rock and rolls closer to the end of the season with the Hoodoo Loungers and Bayside Tigers tonight at 6, weather permitting. Parking is free, but arriving early has been recommended.

This year, Nick Kraus of the Stephen Talkhouse organized 19 mostly local bands to perform throughout the summer. This coming Tuesday, Aug. 23, Reeb and Inner Roots will perform a reggae double bill.

Dirty Organic and Rum Punch Mafia play on Aug. 30, and Rubix Kube will appear on Sept. 6 to end the summer.

Visiting hours for Robin Schiavoni, a popular teaching assistant at Sag Harbor Elementary School who died on Friday, will be Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor. A memorial service will take place at 7 p.m.

Hayley Silvers, Ava Litman, Mischa Abend, and Abey Fuks are teenagers who are standing up to cancer.

Bridgehampton Day, a celebration of the hamlet's history and people, will take place Saturday from 1 to 7 p.m. at the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center.

The Wainscott Sewing Society's annual rummage sale is to take place on Aug. 20 at 9 a.m. at the Wainscott Chapel on Main Street.

Stony Hill Stables in Amagansett is offering three classes in August for the benefit of its children's riding scholarship program.

Community members who are following the $13.5 million redevelopment plans for Sag Harbor's Mashashimuet Park have two opportunities this week to learn more and weigh in on the renovations and upgrades, plus a chance to learn about the park's history at a museum exhibit.

Organizacion Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island is bringing together teens and young adults from all backgrounds to talk about mental and emotional health issues. The first OLA Youth Summit, a bilingual conference for people 14 to 22 years old, will take place on Monday, Aug. 15, at the Bridgehampton Community House.

For those who enjoy hiking or paddling, here are two upcoming opportunities to do exactly that.

The Springs Fisherman's Fair will be combined this year with the Springs Agricultural Fair. Set for Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. outside Ashawagh Hall, it will feature live music, vendors of clams, crafts, food, and fish, a plant sale, and a children's area.

In a place where all things "designer" are in demand, Hamptons Fashion Week makes sense. The three-day event returns for a fourth year starting Friday, with the Southampton Arts Center playing host.

It's hard to believe it is already time for the Sag Harbor Fire Department Carnival at Havens Beach, but it opens Tuesday night and will run until Saturday night, Aug. 6, with fireworks on Friday, Aug. 5.

The latest water quality report from Concerned Citizens of Montauk stands out for a whopping outlier: A persistent and unresolved problem with elevated enterococcus bacteria levels at East Creek in Montauk hit a new high mark this week.

The Old Whalers Church needs a paint job.

To help raise money for it while offering some solid tunes, there will be a "Let's Paint the Church" benefit concert featuring the HooDoo Loungers on Friday starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for 10 to 18-year-olds. The under-10 set can listen for free.

Bruce Beyer, who helped arrange the benefit, has said estimates for painting the church are more than $100,000. For the first stage, they're just looking to "clean the front up" to make it more presentable from the street.

Starting Friday, students of the Hampton Ballet Theatre School will perform their annual production of "Peter and the Wolf" with a live orchestra, vivid original costumes, and surprise guest narrators.

Shows are at 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Friday at Herrick Park in East Hampton Village, with a rain date of Saturday, and on Monday at the Children's Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton, with a rain date of Tuesday.

High enterococcus bacteria levels remain a consistent problem at East Creek at Lake Montauk — and the cause a continuing mystery — as reported in the latest water quality update from Concerned Citizens of Montauk for the week of July 18.

Jaime LeDuc, program support specialist at C.C.O.M., which monitors and tests for entero levels, could only speculate that East Creek's elevated entero level — 2,489 MPN/ml (most probable number per millimeter) — "might have something to do with septic systems that need to be upgraded."

If you're not already a member of the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons, this week might be a good time to join the group, which is based at the Bridgehampton Community House, as it will host a tour of several private gardens on Saturday for members and their guests.