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100 Years Ago
1919 -- Horsemen are enthusiastic over the outlook for the big New Year's race meet to be held at the Kahului track. Everything points to this being the biggest and most interesting racing event ever held on Maui.
75 Years Ago
1944 -- A capacity crowd filled the Kahului USO club Sunday and overflowed onto the sidewalk for a Talent Hour show that was a return performance for many entertainers who had appeared on earlier shows.
50 Years Ago
1969 -- It's off-season time at Maui's three sugar plantations. The output for 1969 total 268, 857 tons at Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company, Pioneer Mill Company and Wailuku Sugar Company.
25 Years Ago
1994 -- Gov. Ben Cayetano plans to study the legality of selling ceded lands for the master-planned Villages of Leialii housing project in West Maui before construction can begin.
10 Years Ago
2009 -- With Maui County already facing a bleak outlook for property tax revenue next year, Gov. Linda Lingle's proposal to suspend the counties' share of hotel room revenue came as more bad news.
* "Looking Back Through The Maui News" is a weekly feature compiled by Jill Engledow.