Kamuela Liquor Store, which just celebrated its 65th anniversary, is joining several other Waimea businesses and restaurants including Hawaiian Style Cafe and Blockbuster in sponsoring a “Giving Tree” to encourage customers and friends to contribute “absolute necessities” to support working families who cannot afford “the basics” this holiday season.  Suggested donations include canned spam and [...]

The 51st annual Waimea Christmas Twilight Parade and All-Day Celebration will take place on Saturday, December 3. The parade will begin at 5:30 p.m. this year—a half-hour earlier than previous years. The gathering of donations and entertainment will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Waimea Center with emcee Penny Keli’i Vredenburg and [...]

The Senate Committee on Water, Land and Housing (WLH) Chair Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz and Vice Chair Senator Malama Solomon in partnership with Senator Gilbert Kahele are hosting the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ (DLNR) Hawai‘i Island Listening Sessions on Friday, November 4 and Saturday, November 5, 2011. The Waimea Listening Session will [...]

Hot topics ranging from County of Hawai’i Redistricting Commission’s controversial draft map impacting South Kohala voters, to Waimea’s newly forming coqui eradicators organization, to a more complete update on North Hawai’i Community Hospital, to a briefing on the exciting 2nd Annual Waimea Ocean Film Festival in January 2012 will top Waimea Community Association’s Town Meeting [...]

Click this link to see the August/September 2011 edition of the South Kohala Neighborhood Watch News.

Verizon plans to erect a 60′ cell phone tower, like the one in this picture, in the parking lot of Parker Ranch Center, near Lex Brodie.   Construction is scheduled for the first quarter of 2012. It’s a permitted use on commercial property, so it appears to be a “done deal.”

Reconstruction of a curb ramp along Mamālahoa Highway in Waimea begins Monday, October 24.  Estimated completion is Friday, October 28. The twenty-four hour one- lane closure affects eastbound travel from Pukalani intersection to 50-feet beyond North Hawai‘i Community Hospital. The hospital entrance will remain open, and a pedestrian pathway provided around the work site. Ace [...]

Will provide an overview of the organization and the services it provides to the community, including patient care, advance care directives, grief and bereavement support, and the special role of a Hospice Volunteer.  Learn valuable skills for patient caregiving and end-of-life support. Two Saturdays – Oct. 22 & 29, 2011. Please contact NHH Volunteer Coordinator [...]

An interactive and informative presentation.  A voucher for a free Earth Machine home composter will be given to all participants.  Workshop will address composting home and yard greenwaste, and also composting with worms, including how to set up your own worm condo.  Sponsored by Recycle Hawai’i and funded by the Hawaii County Dept. of Environmental [...]

Home Of The Late “Shorty” & Jacque Johnson Wide array of art and household items including a Picasso, a Lloyd Sexton lithograph, Royal Crown Derby china, Hannah Tuttle Sterling Flatware, Old Hawai’i memorabilia, household appliances, golf items.  All welcome.