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Maui police responded to a vehicle down a 40-foot cliff in Māʻalaea this morning at around 8 a.m., police tell Maui Now.

It’s the weekend before Halloween. Last year got all messed up because of that tsunami that wasn’t, so go ahead and make up for it this time around.

State enforcement officers spotted a six-foot shark about 50-yards offshore while monitoring the Maui coastline the day after a reported shark bite incident on Wednesday in Waiehu.

John Nichols, 41, was initially arrested in January 2012 for allegedly causing the death of another person while operating a vehicle while under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol, according to assertions by the US Marshals Service.

The owners of Piʻilani Promenade, Sarofim Realty Advisors, will host a community informational meeting to update the public on design concepts and plans.

Shane Mills said he was swimming about 100-yards from shore in about 10-feet of water when he “felt something grab him,” and saw a fin. Mills said he “elbowed and kicked” the animal which he described as 4 to 6 feet long, which in turn took off in the opposite direction.

Mahealani Ventura-Oliver, 44, and Pilialoha K. Teves, 52, both of Maui, were found guilty of conspiracy and mail fraud.

The 2013 World Series will have local flavor Shane Victorino when it starts today with St. Louis at Boston for Game 1, beginning at 2:30 p.m. (Hawaii Standard Time) on FOX television.

The schedule includes stops today at Kahului Airport, Easter Seals Maui, the J Walter Cameron Center, MEO, the Maui Memorial Medical Center, and Māʻalaea Small Boat Harbor.

In a surprise announcement tonight, members of the Saber Marching Band & Color Guard from Maui High School learned that they have been selected to march in the 126th Annual Rose Parade on Jan. 1, 2015 in Pasadena, California.

The incidents were reported between 3:37 and 4:48 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at various locations throughout West Maui, fire officials said.

A preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration says the Mokulele Airlines Express Caravan craft “lost engine power after departing from Maui for Kamuela.”

A Makawao man has since died of injuries sustained in a tractor roll-over incident reported last week, Maui police confirmed. The victim has since been identified as 56-year-old…

According to a preliminary report with the Federal Aviation Administration, the Cessna plane sustained only minor damage when pilots force-landed the craft on the highway.

The challenge grant, awarded by the County of Maui Office of Economic Development, provides up to $10,000 in matching funds for the event, planned to run from Nov. 22 to Dec. 1, 2013.

Advance tickets go on sale beginning at noon today for the Lahaina Halloween Express shuttle that will operate on Oct. 31 for individuals looking for a way to get to and from the Front Street Halloween festivities.

Unleash your paint-based fury on actors and dummies dressed as zombies this weekend and next.

A man accused of manslaughter and kidnapping in the death of a California woman on Maui two years ago, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison, the Maui prosecutors’ office confirmed.

The cause of the fire is currently classified as undetermined, but may be attributed to an alleged criminal act, according to Maui Fire Services Chief Lee Mainaga.

Here’s what’s what with regards to the weekend.