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HONOLULU
Sewage spills into stream
An obstructed 8-inch sewer line caused about 3,350 gallons of raw sewage to overflow into Maunawili Stream yesterday, officials said.
A Department of Environmental Services crew responded at 8:38 a.m. and cleared the line by 10:13 a.m., city officials said.
The crew cleaned and disinfected affected areas, but warning signs were posted and samples were being tested for contamination.
O'AHU'S NORTH SHORE
Needy invited to Hale'iwa event
The annual Operation Toybox and Christmas morning breakfast for the North Shore's homeless and needy will begin at 8 a.m. Dec. 25 in the Hale'iwa Post Office parking lot.
Senior citizens and single adults are also welcome.
Festivities will include a visit from Santa and gifts for children up to age 12, teens to age 17, and groceries for adults. Christmas breakfast donated by Turtle Bay Resort will include roasted pig, barbecued chicken, eggs and Spam & rice.
Servers will include Mufi Hannemann, City Councilman Donovan DelaCruz and Rep. Michael Magaoay.
For more information, call 637-3138.
Fire guts home on North Shore
A fire destroyed the interior of a two-story townhouse at 57-101 Kuilima West on the North Shore yesterday.
No one was hurt in the blaze, and none of the other three townhouses in the fourplex was damaged, said fire Capt. Kenison Tejada.
He said the Red Cross was contacted to help the residents — a couple and and their two teenage children — find lodging.
Firefighters were on the scene within seven minutes of the fire being reported at 4:08 p.m.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Tree recycling sites announced
Christmas tree recycling programs have been announced on Maui and Kaua'i.
On Kaua'i, trees can be dropped off at Kaua'i Nursery and Landscaping outside Puhi, from Dec. 26 to Jan. 31. All decorations should be removed. After hours, trees can be left at the entrance gate at 3-1550 Kaumuali'i Highway.
On Maui, trees can be dropped off at Maui Earth Compost Co. on Hansen Road and Oma'opio Road from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily except Sunday; EKO Composting at the Central Landfill on Oma'opio Road, 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily; Campaign Recycle Maui on Waiko Road in Waikapu, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. except Sunday; and the Olowalu
Recycling Center, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays.
Kihei residents may leave their trees at the Maui Earth Compost Co. site behind the Kihei wastewater treatment plant, off Pi'ilani Highway. Trees should not be left at Kalama Park.
Special drop-off days are planned 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 4 and 8 at the Papa Avenue soccer field in Kahului, the Ha'iku Community Center, and the Hannibal Tavares Community Center in Puka-lani.
