Maui News

The recalled items were shipped to Safeway stores in Hawaii and have since been removed from retail shelves.

Maui’s Shane Victorino exchanges his glove and spikes for sneakers and shorts at Sunday’s Holiday Hoops basketball clinic.

The event features nahenahe Hawaiian Music as Pata serenades those in attendance with songs about the always inspiring native plants of Hawai‘i.

The applicant proposes to develop a 28-unit, four-story affordable apartment complex on a vacant urban lot near Pio and Imi Place.

The US House yesterday passed the VOW to Hire Heroes Act, a bill that offers tax credits of up to $9,600 to employers who hire unemployed veterans.

Three of the incidents were in Kihei, and two were in Lahaina. There was also reports of stolen vehicles in Kahului, Maalaea and Napili.Three of the vehicles stolen have since been recovered.

Maui police responded to 11 residential burglaries over a seven day period, between November 6 and 12, 2011. The incidents included three cases each in Lahaina and Wailuku, and once case each in Haiku, Kahului, Kihei, Napili and Paia.

Maui Memorial Medical Center (MMMC) E Ola Koa (a strong life) program will host a diabetes presentation on Saturday, November 19, from 9 to 11 a.m. in the MMMC auditorium.

A driving instructor, and state of Hawaii employee were charged with fraud for allegedly producing driver licenses without lawful authority.

The program recognizes public and private schools that show progress in minimizing greenhouse gas emissions, positively affecting student and staff health, and producing students who are environmentally and sustainability literate.

The Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Maui will host a Great American Smokeout event at the Maui Mall this weekend.

The state is in discussions with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs over a proposed $200 million ceded lands settlement.

The state is expected to activate an online application process for civil unions in the new year. The online service includes application entry, fee payment, event registration, and requests for civil union certificates.

Group organizers hope that passage of the federal infrastructure bill would allow Maui County to move the Kahului Treatment Plant out of the tsunami zone, and provide jobs for Maui construction workers.

Fukuyama ran for the West Maui Council seat in 2008 and 2010. He made the move from Lahaina to Kahului earlier this year to care for his 90-year-old mother, who required full-time assistance.

The event will begin at 5 p.m. on November 18, with presentations on last year’s flooding and an overview of the region’s watershed.

The Department of Water Supply continues repairs on a leaking valve in Happy Valley. The work will result in impacts along North Market Street, where traffic will be reduced to a single lane of travel.

Mayor Arakawa: As the US and Korea come closer in finalizing the free-trade agreement, the sister city relationship will improve opportunities for the next generation.

Maui Police say the body of a man found in Maliko Gulch on Monday afternoon was that of a man that went missing several days earlier.

Under the agreement, Seo-gu Mayor Park Hwan-yong of Daejeon will join the Seo-gu delegation in promoting Maui County as a future leisure and business travel destination for the people of South Korea.