As you can see from the photo, which shows my personal Maui Electric Company refund, it is indeed a tidy sum. A very tidy sum. So tidy, in fact, that the $.77 printed on it barely justifies the postage used on the envelope that delivered it into my hands. “On May 31, 2013, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a final decision for Maui Electric Company [MECO]‘s … [Read more...] about Maui Electric Company Starts Sending Out Monster Refund Checks
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MEDB Sponsors Student Art Contest To Design New EV Chargers At Queen Kaahumanu Center
Not sure if you’ve noticed, but there are four new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations going in at the Queen Ka’ahumanu Center parking lot near the Ka’ahumanu Ave. entrance (fronting Koho, but much closer to the road). The chargers, according to a recent news release from Nishikawa & Associates, which handles public relations for the Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB), … [Read more...] about MEDB Sponsors Student Art Contest To Design New EV Chargers At Queen Kaahumanu Center
Readers Respond On Kihei Sewage
SEWER TALK As always your paper takes on and illuminates problems here on Maui that Joe [Bradley, Publisher] over at The Maui News seems to favor ignoring (“Big Waste,” July 26, 2012). One of the most frustrating things in life is to see a solution to a major problem and not being able to get anyone to listen or consider your idea. We need to take care of wastewater in a … [Read more...] about Readers Respond On Kihei Sewage
Freight Trains Saved But Maui Beaches Eroding While MECO Wants Another Rate Hike
FREIGHT TRAINS SAVED! Twenty-three years is a long time to fight for a surf spot, but that’s exactly what surfers from Maui and around the world have done in Ma‘alaea. For decades the US Army Corps of Engineers and the state Department of Land and Natural Resources have been putting forth plans to expand Ma‘alaea Harbor. Their reasoning was to allow for harbor expansion, but … [Read more...] about Freight Trains Saved But Maui Beaches Eroding While MECO Wants Another Rate Hike
Our 2012 Green Issue Explores Electric Cars And The History Of Recycling On Maui And Recycling Clothes And Recycling MauiTime Itself
Hey, isn’t this issue’s cover dope? It’s colorful, creative and, best of all, completely authentic. It was really quite simple: our art director Scrappers and his family picked up trash along the coastline between Kahului Harbor and the Jack in the Box on Lower Main in Wailuku. In just one hour they had filled three garbage bags (and the marine debris from the Japanese tsunami … [Read more...] about Our 2012 Green Issue Explores Electric Cars And The History Of Recycling On Maui And Recycling Clothes And Recycling MauiTime Itself