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The holiday season is upon us, and the HawaiÊ»i Police Department is encouraging everyone to arrive at the holiday table safely. Visiting with family and friends is important to all of us and so is driving safely to get there. According to NHTSA, the Thanksgiving holiday, traditionally the start of the busy holiday travel season, […]

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The Salvation Army will be providing approximately 5,000 Thanksgiving holiday meals through annual meal events at locations statewide from Hanapepe to Honoka‘a, including the 48th annual Thanksgiving Meal at Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall in Honolulu for approximately 2,000 guests. [See below for locations, dates and times.] And, thanks to the previously announced donation from Hawaii-born […]

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MEDIA RELEASE POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii – Army officials are opening several training areas for bird hunting, here, Nov. 27, from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Training areas 1-4, 9-16 and the Keamuku Training Area will be open for shotgun hunting of birds only. Use of shotgun slugs is not permitted. All hunters must check […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Kona Task Force on Feeding the Hungry announces the 21st Annual Meet and Eat Thanksgiving Dinner. The public is invited to join us for a traditional Thanksgiving meal 5:15-7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27 at Kealakehe Intermediate School Cafeteria. It is free, but if you can, bring a bag of rice for the […]

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Parker School’s Ohana Day marked not only the start of Thanksgiving break and a morning gathering of the school community, but also the culmination of a two-month long school-wide canned food drive launched by the student council to benefit the Annunciation Food Pantry and the Kokua Ministry at Imiola.

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MEDIA RELEASE Not everyone on Hawaii Island is lucky enough to enjoy Thanksgiving Day turkey and all the trimmings, shared with family and friends. However, thanks to The Pantry, an innovative and collaborative nonprofit group, everyone is invited to a free community Thanksgiving feast noon-4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 22 at Kuhio Hale, Hawaiian Homes Hall […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii’s public libraries will observe Thanksgiving Day holiday on Nov. 22 All public libraries will be closed Thursday, Nov. 22 in observance of the Thanksgiving Day 2012 Holiday. For service hours, call local libraries or visit www.librarieshawaii.org

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Hawaiʻi Island police are informing motorists that officers will conduct DUI checkpoints islandwide in anticipation of the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend. The effort is part of a national and statewide campaign called “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.”

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MEDIA RELEASE To celebrate Thanksgiving, Parker School students, families, faculty and staff came together for the school’s annual Ohana Feast last Wednesday, Nov. 23. Students and their families brought food to share to go along with the imu-cooked turkey the senior class helped prepare. The school community also put together Thanksgiving baskets filled with holiday […]

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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. Historians have also recorded ceremonies of thanks among other groups of European settlers in North America, including British colonists in Virginia in 1619. The legacy […]

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Big Island police are informing motorist that police will conduct islandwide DUI checkpoints over the Thanksgiving weekend. The effort is part of a national and statewide campaign called “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.”

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Waimea families and community friends are again invited to participate in Waimea Middle School’s annual Thanksgiving Imu (underground oven) – both as part of a cultural learning and sharing tradition and to help underwrite the annual 8th Grade East Coast educational trip.

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Linda Lingle and Lt. Gov. James R. “Duke” Aiona, Jr. on the occasion of Thanksgiving 2010: As the holiday season approaches, we would like to offer our best wishes for a happy Thanksgiving. We are grateful that our state’s rich mix of cultures and traditions cultivates a unique harmony, reflecting the countless […]

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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. Historians have also recorded ceremonies of thanks among other groups of European settlers in North America, including British colonists in Virginia in 1619. The legacy […]

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