Military ordnance found in Waialua road
Police are investigating old-style military ordnance found at a Waialua home at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Someone went to the fire station to report what appeared to be unexploded ordnance in his yard, said fire Capt. Terry Seelig.
Fire personnel went to the Keiki Place home and found the military ordnance.
Police sent Specialized Services Division officers to the scene, and the Army was also notified.
Police said the area is a former military training ground.
Police did not say where the ordnance was taken or specify the type of ordnance.
Four people who lived at or near the home were asked to leave while police investigated, Seelig said.
File for neighborhood board run by Friday
Friday is the last day to file to be a candidate in the Honolulu neighborhood board elections.
Oahu residents may apply at www1.honolulu.gov/nco or at 2013NBElection.everyonecounts.com.
Candidate registration forms for people who do not have Internet access are available at the Neighborhood Commission Office by calling 768-3716. Candidacy is open to Oahu residents who will be at least 18 years old by Friday. Hard-copy forms sent via the mail must be postmarked by Friday and received by Feb. 22.
There are 36 neighborhood boards on Oahu. They hear residents’ concerns on local issues such as crime and roads, and act in an advisory capacity to city government.
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Loss of permits looms for owner of Coco Palms
The Kauai Planning Commission approved a request by the county planning director to initiate a contested-case hearing against the property owner of the historic Coco Palms Resort to revoke permits to restore and renovate the hotel.
A hearing officer is scheduled to consider the case March 28.
Coco Palms Ventures LLC will be asked to explain why its permit should not be revoked, modified or amended. Phillip Ross, president of Petri Ross Ventures, based in Annapolis, Md., which has owned the resort since 2006, could not be reached for comment.
The Planning Commission had granted Coco Palms Ventures a three-year extension in April 2009 to complete renovations by last month, but the hotel remains closed and in disrepair.
Coco Palms was closed after it was damaged by Hurricane Iniki in September 1992.
Man gets prison in infant’s death
A Lihue man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with the 2011 traffic crash that fatally injured his 14-month-old daughter.
Michael Pagelsdorf, 30, was ordered by Circuit Court Judge Kathleen N.A. Watanabe on Feb. 6 to immediately begin serving his sentence. Pagelsdorf earlier pleaded guilty to first-degree negligent homicide.
Pagelsdorf was holding his daughter Kaylie in his lap while driving on Kaumualii Highway in Lihue on Feb. 20, 2011, when he hit the vehicle in front of him. His vehicle’s air bag deployed, causing fatal injuries to the toddler.
Pagelsdorf had methamphetamine and marijuana in his blood at the time of the crash and was driving on a suspended license, police said.
