Best Town to Visit Paia What is it with our readers and Paia? The North Shore town itself is cramped, with considerable parking and traffic issues. Sure, it’s quaint and walkable and features lots of boutiques, cafes and a few miles of gorgeous shoreline, but beyond there’s just not a lot for visitors to do. What’s more, the county’s Fourth Friday Town Parties there … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Town to Visit on Maui: Paia
Best Maui Politics Community and Environment 2013
MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Town to Live in on Maui: Kihei
Best Town to Live in Kihei Kihei (and South Maui in general) gets a bad rap from people on Maui, but for our readers, there’s no better place on the island to live. Kihei is poorly planned, they say, or it’s too ugly. Others say it has too many bars and not enough visible coastline. All are true statements to a certain extent, but as my attorney friend Ben Lowenthal wrote … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Town to Live in on Maui: Kihei
MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Scary Public Figure on Maui: Keith Taguma
Best Scary Public Figure Keith Taguma Frankly, I’d be shocked if anyone else won this category. Maui Police Officer Keith Taguma is a Legend on Maui. You guys saw how that Taguma Watch Facebook Page got something like 5,000 likes in just a few days last week, right? Who knows how many thousands of parking tickets he’s written through the years–when I did an open search … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Scary Public Figure on Maui: Keith Taguma
MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Community Non-Profit on Maui: Maui Food Bank
Best Community Non-Profit Maui Food Bank Our readers gave the nod to Maui Food Bank last year, and apparently saw no reason to change their minds this year. And why not? The place serves food to about 10,000 people every month–people on Maui who would otherwise go hungry. “A statewide network of suppliers allows the Maui Food Bank to turn each dollar donated into 6 lbs. … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Community Non-Profit on Maui: Maui Food Bank
MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Environmental Issue on Maui: Cane Burning
Best Environmental Issue Cane Burning Forgive the pun, but the controversy over Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar’s insistence that the only way they can process sugar is by first burning the cane in the fields is really blowing up. Defenders point to the company’s 800 employees and the fact that HC&S has “always” harvested sugar in this manner–as though that makes the … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Environmental Issue on Maui: Cane Burning