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HONOLULU
Board to get budget briefing
Representatives from the mayor's office will give a presentation on the administration's proposed budget, including increasing property taxes for all categories except condos and apartments, at the Waikiki Neighborhood Board meeting today at 7 p.m. at the Waikiki Community Center, 310 Paoakalani Ave.
Police will also discuss noise pollution.
Copters used in utility-pole work
Helicopters are being used through the end of the week to transport people and materials into the back of Palolo Valley for an emergency repair project, according to Hawaiian Electric Co.
Crews are replacing three utility poles that were already deteriorating and failed Saturday before their scheduled replacement. Helicopter flights will continue between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. to the work site until the job is complete.
The downed poles caused the loss of a 138-kilovolt transmission line that feeds into Hawaiian Electric's Pukele substation in the back of Palolo Valley.
WINDWARD O'AHU
Library plans birthday bash
Waimanalo library will celebrate its 25th anniversary with children's games, hula and a birthday cake from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The public is invited to activities that include games from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and a birthday cake at 11. The library is at Waimanalo Elementary and Intermediate School.
CENTRAL O'AHU
Motorcyclist critically hurt
A 47-year-old man injured in a motorcycle crash Sunday night in Waiawa is in critical condition at The Queen's Medical Center.
Police said the man lost control of his motorcycle while in the eastbound left lane of Kamehameha Highway when he was passed by a car shortly before 10 p.m. The motorcycle hit the cement edge of Waiawa Bridge.
The man and his passenger, a 42-year-old woman, were thrown from the motorcycle upon impact.
The woman was at Queen's in good condition, police said.
Repaving work to be discussed
A public meeting to discuss the Kamehameha Highway repaving project between Avocado Street and Kilani Avenue in Wahiawa will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday at Wahiawa District Park, Hale Koa Building, 1139 A Kalani Ave.
The state Department of Transportation is conducting the meeting, which will inform residents about the tentative project schedule, the scope of the work and the plan for night work.
The $750,000 project is expected to start this summer and take about three months to complete.
LEEWARD O'AHU
Man killed in H-2 crash identified
The medical examiner's office has identified the Schofield Barracks man who died after a Saturday night car crash on the H-2 Freeway in Waipi'o as Marquel Roberts, 23, of Buffalo, N.Y.
Roberts died Sunday at The Queen's Medical Center. He was a passenger in a southbound 2000 Lincoln Continental, driven by a 19-year-old man. The car crossed a lane of traffic, went off the shoulder of the roadway and up an embankment before falling roof-first back onto the highway. The crash was reported at 11:22 p.m. Saturday.
Speed and alcohol appear to be factors, police said.
The car's driver was in guarded condition yesterday at Queen's.
Police, meanwhile, said a 16-year-old boy critically injured in a Feb. 19 motorcycle crash on Waialua Beach Road died at Queen's on March 23. His death was not previously reported. The medical examiner's office identified the boy as Micah Morris.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
College Fair set for Saturday
KAHULUI, Maui — Maui Community College and the University of Hawai'i Center, Maui, will stage a College Fair from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Ka'ahumanu Center.
Counselors, educational advisers and instructors will be available to discuss the summer and fall class schedules, applications, financial aid and early registration.
Culinary arts students will demonstrate trends in wedding cakes, and fashion technology students will invite the public to add stitches and their initials to a "helping hands" quilt for the needy.
For more information on MCC, call (808) 984-3286 or visit mauicc.hawaii.edu. For more information on the UH Center, Maui, call (808) 984-3525 or visit www.umaui.net.
Correction: A public meeting is being held Thursday to discuss paving Kamehameha Highway between Avocado Street and Kilani Avenue in Wahiawa. Kilani Avenue was misspelled in a previous version of these briefs.
