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A crowd of more than 10,000 is expected, and a variety of events are planned, including a cook-off in which Maui Now will participate as a judge.

Winter season is in full swing with the biggest swell so far, coupled with light southerly Kona winds creating epic conditions.

Future tenants will also include Foodland, McDonalds, Aloha Quality Gasoline, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, as well as other retail, restaurant and office buildings.

Surf is expected to build to 20-25 feet along the north facing shores, and 15 to 20 feet along the west facing shores.

Rescue crews from the Maui Fire Department responded to Hoolawa Bay in Haiku for reports of an unresponsive male.

A 78-year-old man was transported to Maui Memorial Medical Center after falling approximately 15-feet down an embankment in ‘Iao Valley, officials said.

Officials at Maui Electric Company say an island wide power outage on Molokai was caused by a pole top fire at the Pala’au Substation.

Firefighters on Maui airlifted a Maui man from Kahana Ridge over the weekend after he was injured in dirtbike accident.

The 20 by 6 foot skiff was found by a Hawai’i longline fishing vessel about 700 nautical miles northeast of Maui. Registration numbers found on the skiff were used to identify the vessel. Authorities confirmed that it was washed away during the 2011 tsunami where it was registered in the Iwate Prefecture.

The County of Maui today released a schedule of activities and transportation options for those planning on attending the Halloween in Lahaina 2012 event.

Hāna High School decided to hāna’i the sport of 8-man football and almost three months ago the coaches pumped air into the school’s first footballs.

The work-site wellness initiative features a vending machine at the facility that sells fresh fruit, yogurt, water and healthy sandwiches from Whole Foods. There’s also a Y Produce Express program which provides free delivery of fresh produce from local farms on a weekly basis.

Authorities say the male individual captured in the attached surveillance photos entered Walmart in Kahului and took a car battery charger, wireless video surveillance system and a head set, then left the store without paying for them.

Construction will run from October 8 to December 12, 2012, and will utilize the mauka side of the upper parking lot.

Event organizers note that Maui County police respond to more than 4,000 incidents of domestic violence each year.

Hawaii fell four spots to No. 45 in the annual State Entrepreneurship Index, a nationwide analysis of how states stack up in terms of business formation and innovation.

The Maui County Film Office is looking for more Maui properties to list in their new web database of Maui film locations.

Video recap of last weekend’s Maui Interscholastic League football games. On Friday, Sept. 28, Lahainaluna defeated King Kekaulike at Kekaulike Stadium, 42-0. The win extended Lahainaluna’s shutout/win streak to five. On Saturday, Sept. 29, Kamehameha Maui held off Maui High 21-14. The Warriors improved to 2-3 and the Sabers fell to 2-3.

In a welcome ceremony reminiscent of old Hawai’i, hula dancers and lei greeters embraced a small group of dignitaries that disembarked from a nine-seat Cessna Grand Caravan 208B aircraft.

According to Grimes, the last gate count was similar to last year, but the official count has yet to be tallied, which includes an estimated 46% rise in pre-sale tickets and an increase in parade participation.