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At the second official monthly Makawao Third Friday Town Party on Friday, December 16, the town was already buzzing with activity and crowds all evening.

The Shops at Wailea have added three new merchants to its collection of more than 70 boutiques, shops, restaurants and galleries.

A bronze plaque was unveiled on Wednesday, officially designating Front Street in Lahaina as one of the “Great Streets in America.”

The University of Hawai‘i men’s basketball team returns to Maui for a second straight year, this time facing North Carolina A&T in a regular-season Division I game.

The installation is one of the largest to date on Maui and is expected to reduce 26 million pounds of carbon dioxide over the lifetime of the system, according to project officials.

Arakawa: “In total, we should be able to offer water service to several hundred people over the next year or two. We are very pleased that we are finding solutions to a decades-long problem.”

The drop-off tree recycling sites are free unless otherwise noted. The list also includes curbside pickup options for residents that want to save a trip to a recycling facility.

The County of Maui celebrated the holiday season with a tree lighting ceremony on the lawn of the County Building in Wailuku Wednesday night. “When you look at all of the people in our community, you just have to realize how blessed we are,” said Mayor Arakawa.

Today, Governor Neil Abercrombie visited the University of Hawai’i Maui College and toured the site of a proposed food innovation center.

The direction of traffic flow on Luakini Street in Lahaina will be changed on Monday to address safety issues involving passengers of the Maui Bus.

For Baldwin Junior, Jazmine Harmon, the realities of distractive diving came when a friend suffered fatal injuries in a head-on collision while texting and driving. Students from the Peer Education Programs and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) at Maui and Baldwin High Schools joined forces with first responders in the Arrive Alive campaign.

The Mahinahina water treatment facility was temporarily shut down on Monday, December 12, 2011, due to high turbidity, or cloudiness of the water from the Honolua Ditch system. The shutdown has resulted in low and possibly no water tonight and tomorrow morning in Honokowai and parts of Napili in West Maui.

Trustees heard from more than 50 testifiers, and voted 14 times before a motion was made to adjourn the election for lack of confirmation.

The fire was reported at around 2:43 p.m. to a power pole at the Liloa and Waipuilani intersection in Kihei. Maui Fire Capt. Brandy Lee said the fire burned through and severed the fiber optic line.

Crews from the Department of Water Supply are on scene, working to repair a crack on a six-inch waterline near the 100-block of Hana Highway in Paia.

Spectators took early morning strolls to catch a glimpse of the phenomenon, while fishermen cast their lines beneath the red-amber moon of a nearby cove.

This week’s round-up of events for the holiday season and more.

Job seekers will have a perfect opportunity to meet with employers from Maui high tech companies at the High Tech Career Fair.

Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) and Cutter Mitsubishi will host the event to officially make the first customer delivery of the all-new, affordably-priced, 100% electric-powered 2012 Mitsubishi i electric vehicle.

Pro surfers are back in the water today for day two of the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons. A large swell that peaked on Thursday afternoon will persist across the Hawaiian islands today with 10 foot waves expected at Pipeline.