IF THERE’S one underlying message I got from covering Clubland in 2008, it’s that local residents still like to have a good time despite the weaker economic situation in Hawaii.

One million revelers packed into Times Square plus a ton of confetti and countless noisemakers equals a whole lot of garbage — about 40 tons, according to the New York City Department of Sanitation.

KAILUA, Hawaii – President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday bid his native Hawaii “aloha” after a 12-day vacation.

By PHILIP ELLIOTT KAILUA, Hawaii – President-elect Barack Obama bid his native Hawaii ‘aloha’ on Thursday after a 12-day vacation.Obama, wife Michelle and their two young daughters flew to Chicago, where …

Thursday, President-elect Barack Obama bid aloha to Hawaii, after spending ten days here with his family.

President-elect Barack Obama bid his native Hawaii “aloha” today after a 12-day vacation.

Expectations could be pitfall for Obama Jan. 1: There are high expectations for President-elect Barack Obama but those expectations could work against him.

Protestors hold placards in front of U.S. president-elect Barack Obama’s vacation compound in Kailua, Hawaii December 30, 2008, during a protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza.

Into the second week of a getaway in his native Hawaii, Obama and a group including friends and an aide yesterday visited a private golf club on Oahu near his $9 million rented, beachfront vacation home in …

President-elect Barack Obama hit Oahu’s North Shore yesterday as he continued his island holiday.