Best Local Distiller/Brewer/Winemaker Maui Brewing Company We’re lucky to have our very own brewed beer. You can get cans of Big Swell IPA, Bikini Blonde, and Coconut Porter at the supermarket, or on tap at your local watering hole. Even better, you can tour the brewery in Lahaina and see how it’s made, or head to Kahana where their brew pub serves even more beer on tap. … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Local Brewer on Maui: Maui Brewing Company
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An Open Letter To Honolulu Division FBI Special Agent In Charge Vida Bottom Concerning The Lawsuit by Former LC Inspector Justin Dobbs Against The County of Maui
Ms. Bottom, You’ve been running the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Honolulu Division for five months now, which I can only imagine is quite a change from your previous postings in Washington, DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. But I see from the May 21 FBI press release announcing your new assignment that your most recent job was chief of the Public … [Read more...] about An Open Letter To Honolulu Division FBI Special Agent In Charge Vida Bottom Concerning The Lawsuit by Former LC Inspector Justin Dobbs Against The County of Maui
The LC Takes Another Look at Corkage While the Maui Nui Botanical Gardens Bloom
DID THE LC DO SOMETHING RIGHT? Not sure if any of you realize this, but back in March–at the same time as that absurd nonsense about shutting down all entertainment at 10pm in Kihei Kalama Village–the Maui County Liquor Commission voted to do something good: they made it legal for people to bring their own bottles of wine into restaurants to drink during dinner or whatever. … [Read more...] about The LC Takes Another Look at Corkage While the Maui Nui Botanical Gardens Bloom
9 Big Bills Moving Through The Hawaii Legislature That Have Gotten Little Press
By Anthony Pignataro It’s that time again: that magical moment when proposed bills in Hawaii pass three readings in their legislative body of origin and then crossover to the other house. To celebrate, here are the details on nine bills that have somehow survived and are headed to vote. Oahu blogger/investigative reporter Ian Lind (ilind.net) found them (among others) a few … [Read more...] about 9 Big Bills Moving Through The Hawaii Legislature That Have Gotten Little Press