#Kihei Community Center

Four time Na Hoku Hanohano nominee, Martin Charles Hennessey, also known as, Marty Dread will be doing his Reggae and hip hop/dance music best at the Kihei Community Center on September 25, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The14th Annual First Hawaiian Bank PrimeTime Wellness Fair will take place on Tuesday, September 27 at the Kihei Community Center.

The Maui Police Department will host a series of Town Hall meetings over the next few months.  The meetings were introduced last year by the then-new administration, as a way to gather information from the public and work with individual communities to address challenges and concerns. Maui Police Chief Gary Yabuta and Deputy Chief Clayton […]

Wayne Nishiki, 2010 candidate for South Maui Council, Transcript: Introduction: Aloha, my name is Wayne Nishiki and I’m running for the South Maui council seat. I will continue to focus on jobs for our current residents, and helping our residents get through these dark economic times.  Jobs can be provided not just for high-end luxury homes, but […]

Norman Vares, 2010 candidate for South Maui Council, Transcript: Introduction:  Aloha, my name is Norman Vares.  I’m a life-time resident of Kihei.  I’m a retired self-employer.  I had a business on Maui that employed over 100 people at times.  The key issues in my race would be jobs–we need jobs, and it’s not going to be an […]

Don Couch, 2010 candidate for South Maui Council, Transcript: Introduction: Aloha, my name is Don Couch, and I’m running for South Maui, County Council.  I have experience working in the county as a former Executive Assistant to Mayor Alan Arakawa, as well as former Deputy Director of Planning.  Pretty much, the most important issue right now is […]

The county’s Real Property Tax division holds an auction today (Tuesday, May 25, 2010) for parcels with delinquent accounts.  The properties on the tax sale list owe a combined total of $420,646 in delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and administrative costs.  Properties being sold have been delinquent for three or more years and have received a […]

The Governor’s Council of Neighbor Island Advisors for Maui meets at 5 p.m. tonight, (Thursday, April 15, 2010) at the Kihei Community Center.  The guest speaker this month is DLNR Director Laura Thielen who will discuss the restoration of the reef at Keawakapu which was damaged in December. The artificial reef was established in 1962 […]

By Wendy Osher Census workers are on Maui this week, making a last minute push to boost Census response on the Valley Isle.  As of Wednesday morning, Maui County had a 47% return rate for census surveys—that’s the lowest in the state. Areas with particularly low response rates include: 32% for Kihei (48% in 2000), […]

By Wendy Osher The Maui County Council’s Budget and Finance Committee will begin review of the Mayor’s FY 2011 Budget next week after officially receiving the document from the Mayor today (Monday, March 15, 2010). “The news was certainly sobering in terms of the amount of revenue, or lack thereof that the county will be […]

The Maui Planning Committee will hold a public meeting in South Maui tonight to discuss details of the Kihei-Makena Community Plan and its role in the larger Maui Island Plan. The presentation will focus on potential impacts for the community plan area and is part of a series of meetings taking place around Maui County. […]

By Wendy Osher [flashvideo file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0exOzfAM1Bo /] After years of discussion, the county broke ground today on a new South Maui Community Park.  Maui Mayor Charmaine Tavares said the county identified the need years ago and planning has been in the works since the days when she served on the Maui County Council. “It’s a huge […]

About 200 people showed up for a budget hearing in Lahaina last night, with about 50 of those in attendance, coming forward to testify. West Maui residents asked for increased funding for road repairs, help to reduce rising property taxes rates, and continued funding for social service agencies that are experiencing an increase in clientele […]