🌱 Could your Lihue nonprofit qualify for new homeless service grants?

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• Could your Lihue nonprofit qualify for new homeless service grants?

Also on today's calendar: Santa Claus Story Time and 5 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 82 and low of 71 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, temps: high: 80, low: 68.
• Thursday: A couple of showers, with a high of 79 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Kauai Housing Agency requests proposals for homeless program grants (hawaiinewsnow.com) — Lihue-based Kauai Housing Agency is now accepting proposals for homeless program grants that will fund services from March 2026 through February 2027. Local organizations must apply by Jan. 30 via email, with optional webinars on Jan. 6 and 12, and can request interpreters or accessibility support to participate fully in the process.
   

📸 Around Lihue

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lihue

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Hawai’i Opera Theater Presents “Needlefish & Crab”
  Līhu'e Public Library, 4344 Hardy St, Lihue
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Santa Claus Story Time
  Kapaa Public Library , 4-1464 Kuhio Hwy , Kapaʻa
  9:00 am
• Live Entertainment: Kawai
  Keoki's Paradise , 2360 Kiahuna Plantation Dr , Koloa
  5:00 pm
• The Nutcracker Ballet
  Waimea Theatre , 9691 Kaumualii Hwy , Waimea
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Island School Voyagers vs Kapaa Warriors
  Island School , 3-1875 Kaumualii Hwy , Lihue
  2:00 pm
• Kauai Made Craft Fair
  OUTRIGGER Kauai Beach Resort & Spa , 4331 Kauai Beach Dr , Lihue
  3:00 pm
• KCC Jazz Ensemble and Wind Symphony Winter Concerts
  Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center , 3-1901 Kaumualii Hwy , Lihue
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Mele Mākeke
  Kukui Grove Center , Kaumualii Hwy Ste 1710 , Lihue
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Taropy Tuesday
  Kauaʻi Community College , 3-1901 Kaumualii Hwy , Lihue
  2:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Santa Claus Story Time
  Koloa Public and School Library , 3451 Poipu Rd , Koloa
  3:00 pm
• Culinary Market at Kukuiula
  The Shops at Kukui‘ula , 2829 Ala Kalanikaumaka St , Poipu
  3:30 pm
• Island School Voyagers vs Kauai Red Raiders
  Island School , 3-1875 Kaumualii Hwy , Lihue
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Target posted a job opening for Seasonal: Overnight Inbound (Stocking) (T3400) in Lihue. Apply here.
• Unifi posted a job opening for Airport Ramp Agent in Lihue. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lihue here.

🗞 Nearby News

Koloa

• News briefs for Monday, December 15, 2025 (thegardenisland.com)

Kalaheo

• Advocate was influential voice for Hawaii's disabled (staradvertiser.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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