An attempt to expand Black Pot, the county park where Hanalei River meets the ocean, by purchasing an adjacent parcel will come “down to the wire” and is still contingent on Gov. Linda Lingle releasing state funds, a community group pushing for the expansion said this week.
“It’s going to be a photo finish to be [...]

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Sales of single-family homes on Kauai in January increased three-fold, while the number of condominiums sold doubled.
There were 31 single-family homes sold on Kauai last month, more than three times the 10 houses that were sold in January 2009, according to Hawaii Information Service.
There were 14 condos sold in January, twice as many sales as [...]

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By The Garden Island
The county’s opportunity to blaze a trail forward on the eyesore that is the former Coco Palms resort may have passed many months ago when permit extensions were granted to the current owners, but Kauaians got two stark reminders in recent weeks of what could have been.
First, as [...]

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By Michael Levine, The Garden Island
Brescia in compliance with permits, Planning Commission says
Despite pleas from Hawaiian cultural practitioners, the county Planning Commission said Tuesday that North Shore landowner Joseph Brescia has complied with permit conditions for his controversial single-family home at Naue.
The commission voted 5-1 to accept Planning Director Ian Costa’s report [...]

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