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A bill seeking a ban on the use and sale of polystyrene disposable food service containers in Maui County comes up for review before a council committee on Monday.

Habitat for Humanity Maui raised more than $11,500 during the organization’s eighth annual build-a-thon at the Kahawai condominium complex in Happy Valley.

Police arrested and charged Thomas Schillaci, 47, of Kīhei with methamphetamine trafficking, among other charges, and were holding him in lieu of $144,000 bail at last report.

Restaurants and food trucks get a yellow placard when a business has two or more critical violations, or when they have a critical violation that is not corrected; and a red placard indicates that a food establishment poses a danger to health and requires closure.

Maui police begin a week-long speeding enforcement campaign today in an effort to reduce speed-related crashes in Maui County.

Fire officials say fireworks are to blame for a residential fire that destroyed a two-story Oe Street home in Kīhei, causing an estimated $520,000 in damage.

In the program’s first year of operation, from May 2013 to April 2014, officers initiated 60 investigations, compared to 17 in the same period from the previous year, according to state officials.

The Maui Humane Society will host the last in a series of vaccination clinics to combat the deadly panleukopenia feline virus which was has killed at least eight cats on Maui over the last few months.

The fines for driving over the speed limit are estimated at around $122 for driving 11 mph over the limit; $142 for driving 15 mph over the limit; and $167 for driving 20 mph over the limit.

A 20-year-old man from Kīhei, Maui was arrested by the FBI at the Los Angeles International Airport on Monday for allegedly interfering with a flight crew, a crime that authorities say carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.

The 49-year-old was located at the Seabury Hall campus on Olinda Road, where he was placed under arrest for allegedly violating conditions of release on bail, police said.

The ex-boyfriend of a missing Maui woman entered a not guilty plea in court today after being indicted for the murder of Carly “Charli” Scott.

Head Prosecuting Attorney John D Kim told Maui Now that he expects Steven Capobianco to be served with an arrest warrant for second-degree murder and third-degree arson today, July 14.

An inmate that escaped from Maui Community Correctional Center on Saturday, July 12 was re-captured Monday, July 14. He faces 5 years in prison over what was initially a 14 day sentence.

The tourism authority said that the data in question has resulted in an adjustment to visitor spending on Maui between June 2013 and May 2014, prompting an adjustment to statewide figures.

The tremor was located off the coast of Honshu, about 55 miles from the epicenter of the deadly 2011 earthquake that devastated many parts of Japan.

The Launch Day event began at noon and was attended by various elected officials.

Of 307 vehicles that came to the landfill, 233 — or 75% — were found to be in violation of uncovered truck laws over a three hour period. However, it’s at least an improvement over a 2011 figure when 137 of 153 vehicles — or 90% — were in violation.

The state says the violations occurred at the Central Maui Municipal Solid Waste Landfill and the Molokai Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility.

Organizers say an estimated 400 people participated in the procession from 525 Front Street to Māla Wharf. The canoe launch this Friday is scheduled in conjunction with the Akua Moon and the 3:53 p.m. highest tide of the month, according to Hui o Waʻa Kaulua.