The Diamond Head Theatre’s “Cinderella” is just right for kids — particularly little girls — this holiday season. The costumes and ballroom scene are grand, the magic transformations happen during a nontraditional ballet, and there’s a fairytale wedding in the big finale.
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Maui News – KIHEI Around 10,000, 40-plus-ton visitors are expected in Hawaiian waters soon, with many of these heavyweight tourists feeding and mating offshore of Maui County. Although a few early arrivals already have been spotted, most humpback whales are Continue Here

e-Travel Blackboard – Dave Lawrence, Senior Vice President Operations, Outrigger Enterprises Group, is pleased to announce the promotion of Steve Winter to Vice President Operations for Outrigger Condominium Collection. Winter previously served as Regional Director of Read More

Alexander & Baldwin Inc., through affiliates, has sold its Big Island shopping complex Lanihau Center and adjacent undeveloped leasehold land to a Mainland investment firm for an undisclosed price.
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Denver Post – Runyon Award at the 13th annual banquet June 22 at the downtown Westin. Organizer John Ensslin says he’s especially excited because Costas, now appearing on NBC Sunday Night Football, is the first honoree who made his bones in sports – like Runyon Continue Here

Phramalive.com – Morris, vice president finance and CFO, will participate in a panel discussion at the 2006 RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference. The conference will be held at the Westin New York at Times Square in New York City on Wednesday, December 13th and Continue Here

Iraq War Is Affecting Small State in a Big Way
Vermont’s National Guard and reserve units have the second-highest mobilization rate per capita, trailing only Hawaii’s. It has lost more residents as a percentage of its population than any other state.

football team will join Mayor Mufi Hannemann Saturday night (December 9, 2006) in the West Oahu Electric Light Parade and the tree-lighting ceremony that begins Kapolei City Lights.
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Pacific Business News – opened 476 new stores in fiscal 2006, including 95 acquisitions. Walgreens plans to open 500 more stores in fiscal 2007, and some of those are likely to be in Hawaii. A Walgreens could possibly open up at a second Tower Records location on Oahu.

Castle & Cooke lays off 12 Lanai workers
MSN MoneyCentral – development arm on Lanai were laid off last week as part of the company’s effort to restructure and consolidate some of its administrative operations. Some positions were eliminated while others, such as accounting positions, were transferred to Oahu

[email protected] Just when you get used to the term “graphic novel” to describe what is essentially a thick comic book, here comes “graphic history.” Thanks to the recently published “9/11… Story Continues Here…