Best Town To Visit Photo credit to Sean M. Hower Paia Ahh, Paia–the old sugar mill town on Maui’s North Shore. It’s hard to imagine now that it’s gone, but that mill was in operation for 120 years, from 1880 to 2000. Think about it–when it was first built, Hawaii was a kingdom. Not a state, territory or even republic, but a kingdom. And it lasted all through the coup … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Town To Visit on Maui: Paia
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MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Town To Live in on Maui: Kihei
Best Town To Live In Photo credit to Sean M. Hower Kihei We ask this question every year, and every year our readers give us the same answer. So that means after all these years, population data would show that Kihei is, by far, the most populous town on Maui. Except that it’s not. Of course, the most recent population data we have is from 2010, but it clearly shows … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Town To Live in on Maui: Kihei
MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Scary Public Official on Maui: Keith Taguma
Best Scary Public Official Photo credit to Sean M. Hower Keith Taguma We’re going to have switch up this category next year, because Fearless Maui PD Office Keith Taguma keeps winning. Does he strike that much terror into the hearts of MauiTime readers? He writes parking tickets in Wailuku Town, people! Parking tickets! Sometimes speeding tickets, and occasionally he … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Scary Public Official on Maui: Keith Taguma
MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Political Scandal on Maui: Maui Police Department
Best Political Scandal Maui Police Department That’s right, the whole department. And why not? It took them years to discover that junkie cop Allison Moore wasn’t dying of cancer but was actually smoking meth (which she stole out of police evidence lockers) when she should have been working. When MauiTime’s own publisher tried to film them during a huge traffic … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Political Scandal on Maui: Maui Police Department
MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Community Nonprofit on Maui: Women Helping Women
Best Community Nonprofit Photo courtesy of Womenhelpingwomenmaui.com Women Helping Women Seriously, who doesn’t love this organization? They’re tiny, severely underfunded and exist to help women who’ve been victims of domestic violence. And they do a lot of helping. “During fiscal year 2011-12, WHW provided shelter to 127 women and 98 children (a total of 9,339 bed … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Community Nonprofit on Maui: Women Helping Women