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Mama’s Fish House recognized as a top restaurant in U.S.

Mama's Fish House in Paia received a Diners' Choice Award for being one of the Top 100 Best Restaurants in America, according to OpenTable, a provider of online restaurant reservations.The top 100 restaurants were generated from more than 5 million restaurant reviews collected from verified OpenTable diners between Dec. 1, 2013, and Nov. 30.All restaurants with a minimum overall score and number of qualifying reviews were included for consideration. Qualifying restaurants were then sorted according to a score calculated from each restaurant's average rating in the overall category, a ...

Applications are being accepted for the second Supply and Service Expo from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center in Pukalani.The event is being staged by the Maui Food Technology Center. Exhibitors who might benefit include manufacturers and distributors of food, ingredients, equipment and packaging supplies; dealers, brokers and traders; and business services and educational groups that work with the food and hospitality industries.There will be educational sessions and a trade show with vendors.The exhibitor fee is $100 for vendors registering prior ...

Business/In Brief • Dec. 16, 2014

Workers to attend tech summitHONOLULU - More than 600 public-sector employees will attend the Hawaii Digital Government Summit.The state Office of Information Management and Technology is hosting today's event at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.The state says attendees include state and county employees who are involved in every level of government technology decisions and implementation.This will be the third time the event is held.

Business/In Brief • Dec. 13, 2014

Waiehu center sells for $3.9 millionThe Waiehu Beach Center has been sold for $3.9 million in cash to a Mainland investor, according to Honolulu Realtor Joseph Leonardo, who represented the buyer.The sale closed Friday, he said.The 83,600-square-foot complex has two buildings and is located at 270 Waiehu Beach Road.Anchor tenants include Shell Gas, Aloha Petroleum, a convenience store and offices, including an office for the state Department of Human Services.Leonardo declined to identify the buyer other than to say it owns other assets on Maui and other Hawaiian Islands.According to ...

Post-GMO vote: Predictions, realities and our way of life

Things got very heated over the controversial genetically modified organisms ballot initiative this election and sadly many of the predictions made have been realized.The first is that the issue would not be settled by the election. It was widely recognized that lawsuits would be filed and this has occurred on both sides. As expected, the county has been named and is dealing with the legal ramifications, which cost all residents more. The negative sentiments once centered on the GMO issue are not only continuing but escalating. Further, efforts are now aimed at hurting Hawaiian ...

Business/In Brief • Dec. 11, 2014

Construction delayed for shopping centerLIHUE- Developers aren't saying why a planned Lihue shopping center is being delayed.There was a groundbreaking for the Hokulei Village Shopping Center in February. Developers pledged to have it open as early as the end of the year. Now they say it will open sometime next summer, but won't explain the delay."We are excited for the opening of Hokulei Village Shopping Center next year, and look forward to serving the island of Kauai," Gerry Wolfe, Property Development Centers vice president for development, wrote in an email.