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Fourth of July Details

We are very excited for today’s events around the Fourth in Maui.  Here are a complete list of details for all Maui Fourth of July, 2009, events.

The Rotary club of Lahaina Sunrise will be presenting the fireworks show in Lahaina this evening.  Prior to that, a variety of bands will play on the Lahaina Library lawn.

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Tags: fireworks, fireworks show, fourth, fourth of july, lahaina fireworks
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Aloha Friday

It’s Aloha Friday!

There is nothing better than a Friday.  The song, originally written and produced by Paul Natto in 1982, has memorialized the spirit of Friday’s for the world into a truly Hawaiian feel.

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Maui Test Prius to be Unveiled

Looking for something to do Monday afternoon?  How about checking out the new hybrid Prius that Maui county is going to put on the road for testing.

The Prius is a rechargeable Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) converted from a standard Toyota Prius that is owned by the county.

From the county Press Release:

"The PHEV is a test car that will wirelessly transmit data as part of a national advanced technology vehicle study being conducted in cooperation with the Idaho National Laboratory/U.S. Department of Energy. The project presents a unique opportunity for Maui to learn more about the latest advances in automotive technology and data automation."

The car will be unveiled on Monday, April 6th, at 2:30pm on the front lawn of the County Building in Wailuku. The county is encouraging the public to attend, so give it a shot!

Tags: maui country, press release, prius, wailuku
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Betty’s Beach Cafe Opens

Front Street is buzzing about the new opening of Betty’s Beach Cafe.  The new restaurant opened in the last few weeks to the excitement of many.

Even with the economy slowing, it did not stop Betty’s from moving forward with their new opening.  This is an encouraging sign for the rest of the Front Street shops who are currently analyzing their finances closely.

Betty’s offers casual cafe dining, such as burgers, salads, pupus, and other local dishes.  The bar is open until midnight, while the cafe is open Tuesday through Sunday, 8am to 10pm.

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More Maui Flights

Good news for Maui tourism out of the airline industry.  We are not sure how the airlines are going to be able to afford the increases, but there are no complaints coming from the Maui side.

As reported by Maui News,

"US Airways, which has been flying twice daily to Maui and once daily to Kauai, will double that toward the end of the second quarter.

South Korean carriers are thinking about starting the first direct charter flights to Hawaii, and other airlines are expressing interest.

But the most exciting single marketing ploy on the table this year is the attempt to sell Hawaii as a location for episodes in a Korean drama. This is still in the talking stage, but Korean dramas are huge across Asia and HTA is eager to publicize the islands in one of them, according to HTA officials."

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Tags: flights, korea, tourism
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What’s up, Beaches!?!

We are extremely excited with the new Lahaina.com look and the feedback so far from the community has been quite the same.  The new design has been through several minor changes over the last week as we work out tweaks in the features.  Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to…

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Tags: beaches, partners, site design, twitter
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Model Citizen

Raised in Lahaina, Tori Praver is no stranger to the water.  So being photographed for spreads in the last three years Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue has been completely natural.

Tori was recently interviewed in the Advertiser, discussing her first love (surfing), her workout habits, and her future plans.  While she loves ice cream, she misses the malassadas, poke, and poi of the islands.  Now that she is an international superstar model, her travels keep her quite busy.  She still manages to make it home to see her family quite often, though.

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GE and Maui Electric Need Your Help

General Electric has teamed up with Maui Electric to test a new energy distribution strategy.  They will "deploy smart grid technologies at a substation on the island to reduce peak load, enable higher penetrations of renewable energy, and improve the grid’s reliability and performance."

The goal of the project is to see if regulating consumer energy demand can be used to deal with the fluctuations in energy production from renewable resources, according to the GE blog.

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Tags: energy, green, maui electric
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Engagement Story

My recent trip to Lahaina turned into a fantastic engagement story. On New Years day, Katie and I got engaged while staying at the Sheraton Maui at Black Rock. Here are some highlights, images, and video from the fantastic story.
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The Roi Roundup

Last month, spearfisherman held a tournament in Lahaina in conjunction with the International Year of the Reef to rid the reef of invasive fish. The Roi Roundup, as it was called, sent 80 divers into the waters right off of the Maui coast to spear the predators. According to the Honolulu advertiser, each roi eats an average of 146 fish per year and organizers say the roundup brought in 218 roi, which will save 31,000 fish per year.
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Tags: Diving
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