Paia News

Maui Fire Department training Capt. Amos Lonokailua-Hewett conducts Thursday morning's Hawaiian blessing of the department's three newest firetrucks.

Gov. Linda Lingle late last week released $75 million meant to help fix up many of Hawaii's public school buildings.

The lines of people waiting each week for a bag of grocery staples at island food pantries have doubled in the past year.

Board of Education Member Mary Cochran of Maui said she will vote to approve schools' requests to restore classroom time lost in Furlough Fridays.

Maui police say a woman who may have been drinking, died after her car crashed on Baldwin Avenue, south of Holomua Road in Paia.

Unlike merchants in Lahaina town, Paia businesses saw an upswing in Halloween revelers Saturday night, which translated to busy restaurants and better business.

A 31-year-old woman died today from injuries sustained in a single-car crash in Paia, Maui, last night.

After a brief trip to Chicago, we're back to Maui , even though we were just on Maui last Dec.

Monday, Oct. 26 Holy Ghost Church, Kula * Noon-4 p.m. St. Ann Church, Waihee * 5-9 p.m. Maria Lanakila Church, Lahaina Tuesday, Oct.

A year after a state Commission on Water Resource Management ruling poured more than 12 million gallons of water per day back into eight East Maui streams, the panel is considering a proposal to restore water to 19 other East Maui waterways.

The St. Damien relic tour is expected to draw hundreds, perhaps even thousands, as it makes its way through Maui beginning Saturday through Oct.

About 120 people crowded into Kanda Hall at Iao Congregational Church on Thursday morning for what may be the last big public session in the five-year contested case over the waters of Na Wai Eha.

Maui County is moving ahead with a $10 million project to improve traffic flow at the intersection of Makawao Avenue and Makani Road.

Mahalo to Asa Ellison for this wind sail picture in Maui, Paia. Awesome windsurf control with breezy winds.

Mayor Charmaine Tavares encouraged citizens of West Maui to attend tonight's Budget Community Meeting at Lahaina Civic Center, and urged residents in other areas of Maui County to attend the remaining meetings to present their priorities for the upcoming 2010-2011 fiscal year County budget.

Thanks for all the wonderful food suggestions for our trip to Maui last week! We didn't end up doing any farm tours, though definitely might look into Surfing Goat and O'o Farms for next time as we'd love to have eaten more tropical fruit and chevre! I am very sad that we missed Hali'imaile General Store.

Tuesday's first snapshot comes from Kona on the Big Island. This past weekend hundreds of canoe paddlers came out for the Queen Liliuokalani Canoe Races, about a month from now this same spot will be showcased in the Ford Ironman World Championships.

Hawaii state senators are giving the public - and themselves - another opportunity to vent their frustrations with Gov.

It was the purple sky that did it. We were lying side-by-side in the soft sand at Hamoa Beach watching the waves roll in, when suddenly huge puffy clouds skittered down from the mountainside, and the sky shifted from blue to deep violet.

Plant quarantine officials said last week that laying off more than half the state's agricultural inspectors would create such a logjam at Hawaii ports that it could cause shortages similar to those seen during shipping strikes.