LAHAINA - After years of declining numbers for the Front Street Halloween party, the people were back Monday - thousands of them in costume and perhaps just as many not, just sitting and watching.
By early evening, despite forecasts of rain, the revelers packed a closed-off Front Street. Absent were any signs of protesters.
That battle was fought earlier, with sign-waving and court challenges, but groups who called the party an insult to Native Hawaiian culture in the historic district had said they would not protest on the night, and they did not.
"I think it's awesome," said Zeke Kalua, executive assistant to Mayor Alan Arakawa. "There's already twice as many people in the keiki parade. It's everything we hoped it would be and exactly what we needed." Read more ... 
