With Black Friday behind us, holiday shopping today, “Small Business Saturday,” will spotlight mom-and-pop stores and eateries. In a recent proclamation backing the shop-local day movement, Maui’s Mayor, Alan Arakawa, summed up the matter succinctly: “When you buy small, our economy wins big.”

On Oahu, consider checking out deals offered through Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s Shop & Dine on the Line program, which features scores of shops, businesses services and restaurants along the path of emerging transit line in Aiea, Pearl City, Waipahu and Honolulu. For more information, visit www.HARTshopsmall.com.

Let’s hope tonight’s game isn’t Warriors’ last

It’s been a season of fits and starts, ups and downs, for the University of Hawaii football team — and it wraps up with tonight’s senior night finale at Aloha Stadium against Massachusetts. Or does it?

Fans are rooting for a win, of course, which would notch the Rainbow Warriors to a regular-season 6-7 record. That would be a boost after last season’s 3-10 — and just might be good enough to qualify for a berth in the post-season Hawaii Bowl.

But one step at a time. Getting past the UMass Minutemen (2-9) is Job 1 tonight, followed by the after-game “Senior Walk” tradition. Kudos to the Warriors and first-year head coach Nick Rolovich for a spirited season.