Monthly Archives: July, 2009
COUNTY / IN BRIEF
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DRIVE TO RAISE MONEY FOR TROOPS' IRAQ LUAU
KAHULUI - The Kiwanis Club of Kahului and Central Pacific Bank are helping raise money and collect items for a luau to be held by troops in Iraq observing Hawaii's 50th anniversary of statehood.
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3 survive fiery crash in Olowalu
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OLOWALU - Three people escaped without serious injury from a fiery early-morning crash Thursday that destroyed a car on Honoapiilani Highway in Olowalu, police said.
Police are investigating speed and alcohol as factors in the crash, which occurred near Olowalu Stor.
Public schools open doors to pupils
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Wailuku Elementary was one of four Maui County elementary schools to welcome students back to classes Thursday.
Other public schools start today, Monday and Tuesday.
MEO aims for 2010 to break ground on $9M transit center
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PUUNENE - Maui Economic Opportunity Inc. will likely break ground for construction of its new $9 million transportation center sometime in 2010, the nonprofit's executive director, Sandy Baz, said on Tuesday.
Baz said the project's planning and design phase is nearly complete, and the Maui County Land Use Committee will host a final hearing on the project in Septembe.
County bus shelter plan gains speed
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WAILUKU - Despite ongoing budget woes that have put the brakes on other aspects of Maui County's burgeoning public bus system, the county does have money to move forward with plans to build bus stops.
Beach, park focus nets 17 arrests
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WAILUKU - Targeting illegal activity at Maui beaches and parks in "Operation Flip Flop," police juvenile officers arrested 17 people for drug, alcohol and other offenses last week.
The plainclothes operation began July 20 in Kihei when officers made contact with a 19-year-old Kihei woman and two 15-year-old Kihei girls at South Kihei and Auhana roads at 10:33 p.m., said acting L.
COUNTY / IN BRIEF
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LANAI MAN STABLE AFTER TREE INCIDENT
LANAI CITY - A 55-year-old Lanai City man was in stable condition at an Oahu hospital Wednesday, two days after he was injured when a large tree branch fell on him, police said.
The man was among Lanai Tree Service workers who were cutting the tree behind the Lanai social hall on Koa Street on Monday afternoon, said Lt.