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Landfills, transfer stations closed on Thanksgiving

Landfills, transfer stations closed on Thanksgiving

MEDIA RELEASE The county transfer stations and landfills across the Big Island will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 25. The county transfer stations equipped with gates will be locked, and the Department of Environmental Management reminds transfer users it is illegal to dump rubbish or litter in front of the gates or around […]

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Waimea school hosts Thanksgiving Imu

Waimea school hosts Thanksgiving Imu

MEDIA RELEASE Waimea families and community friends are invited to participate in Waimea Middle School’s annual Thanksgiving Imu – both as part of a cultural learning and sharing tradition and to help underwrite the annual 8th Grade East Coast educational trip in May 2011. The cost is $20 per pan, and families may bring one […]

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Kapiolani Street traffic restrictions (Nov. 23)

Kapiolani Street traffic restrictions (Nov. 23)

MEDIA RELEASE To accommodate parishioners attending an interfaith Thanksgiving service at St. Joseph Catholic Church, a temporary one-way traffic pattern will be in effect on Kapiolani Street during the evening hours of Tuesday, Nov. 23. On that date, traffic will be allowed to flow in the Puna or southerly direction on Kapiolani Street between Waianuenue […]

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In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims, early settlers of Plymouth Colony, held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the nation’s first Thanksgiving. It eventually became a national holiday in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a national day of thanksgiving. Later, President Franklin Roosevelt clarified that Thanksgiving should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month to encourage earlier holiday shopping, never on the occasional fifth Thursday.

Thanksgiving, by the numbers

In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims, early settlers of Plymouth Colony, held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the nation’s first Thanksgiving. It eventually became a national holiday in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a national day of thanksgiving. Later, […]

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All public libraries will be closed on Thursday, November 26 in observance of the Thanksgiving Day 2009 Holiday.

Hana Public & School Library (Maui) will also be closed on Friday, November 27 due to a staffing shortage.

Visit http://librarieshawaii.org/locations/hours.htm for public service hours or call your local library.

Public libraries closed for Thanksgiving holiday (Nov 26)

All public libraries will be closed on Thursday, November 26 in observance of the Thanksgiving Day 2009 Holiday. Hana Public & School Library (Maui) will also be closed on Friday, November 27 due to a staffing shortage. Visit http://librarieshawaii.org/locations/hours.htm for public service hours or call your local library.

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