BEST TOWN TO VISIT ON MAUI Paia Our readers have long loved visiting Paia, which is both understandable (great boutiques and restaurants, wonderful beaches, eclectic people-watching) and absurd (have you tried parking a car there lately?). Seems to us it might be better just to live there and then walk to all that listed above, but go figure. Then again, if we all lived … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2015: Best Town to Visit on Maui Paia
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MauiTime Best of Maui 2015: Best Recycling/Redemption Center on Maui: Kihei
BEST RECYCLING/REDEMPTION CENTER ON MAUI Kihei Recycling your sticky soda cans is a much more pleasurable experience when the backdrop of the ocean is in sight. That’s what our readers’ favorite recycling and redemption center provides in Kihei. Not only can you recycle all your Arizona Iced Tea cans and kombucha bottles, but the center also accepts cardboard, newspaper, … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2015: Best Recycling/Redemption Center on Maui: Kihei
MauiTime Best of Maui 2015: Best Maui County Blunder: Not Enforcing GMO Moratorium
BEST MAUI COUNTY BLUNDER Not Enforcing GMO Moratorium I kinda had a feeling this one would break this way. Judging by the reaction we got when we editorialized last year against the GMO moratorium, our readers largely wanted the thing to go through. But the charge that the county didn’t enforce it is bogus–a judge stopped the act in its tracks right after the election so … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2015: Best Maui County Blunder: Not Enforcing GMO Moratorium
MauiTime Best of Maui 2015: Best Town To Live in on Maui: Kihei
BEST TOWN TO LIVE IN ON MAUI Kihei If you like sweltering sprawl with a side of cane dust, then Kihei’s the place for you. But can you even call Kihei an actual town? (There’s an actual current development project called “Downtown Kihei” to give the place a town center.) Advantages to living in Kihei: it’s relatively close to other parts of the island; has miles of good … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2015: Best Town To Live in on Maui: Kihei
MauiTime Best of Maui 2015: Best Political Activist on Maui: Summer Starr
BEST POLITICAL ACTIVIST ON MAUI Summer Starr Summer Starr has been active in county politics for some years now. She ran unsuccessfully for a state legislative seat back in 2008, but since then has gotten a master’s degree in indigenous politics from UH Manoa and another master’s in environmental law and policy from Vermont Law School. Today she works as a policy consultant … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2015: Best Political Activist on Maui: Summer Starr