NEW WEST MAUI LAND APPRAISALS IN! If Maui County Council Member Mike White’s mission was to gum up Mayor Alan Arakawa’s proposal to buy 186 acres of Launiupoko land, then he’s well on his way to success. If you’ll recall, back in November Arakawa announced that he’d struck a deal with Makila Land Co. (Peter […]
Hawaii State Library Now Loans Netbooks And EMagazines
Netbooks, eMagazines and a mobile app are among the new free services offered by the Hawaii State Public Library System. The HSPLS also has added services to help patrons learn how to speak the Hawaiian language. The HSPLS Mobile Netbook Loan Program offers netbook computers for loan at 37 public libraries across the state. The […]
Our MauiTime Food Writer Went To New Orleans And Here Is What She Found
Travel is a wonderful opportunity to eat, as long as you can get along with foreign food. A lot of people always ask about rock fever but I only get hagridden once I leave the state. Luckily for me, in my trip last week to New Orleans I found solace in Southern Food, particularly the […]
The Kittinger Jump Kicks Off New Concert Series At The Sports Page
The dark and climate-controlled Sports Page has been a Kihei fixture on Game Day for years. But when I got the call that they will soon start a concert series, I thought, more power to them, but where will they fit it in? Turns out the bar is getting a mini-makeover. A new stage is […]
Talking Story With New Maui County Auditor Lance Taguchi About His Plans And Why It Is Taking Him So Long To Get Started
One of the little observed results of the 2012 election on Maui was the decisive approval of a Charter Commission proposal calling for a County Auditor. While not the sexiest job around, a decisive majority of voters (54 percent to 29 percent) voted to bring Maui County into the 20th century and hire an independent […]
Maui Filmmaker Brian Kohne Talks Story About His New Suspense Thriller Kuleana
Standing in his living room, Brian Kohne has a view right out of a movie. The house–which Kohne calls “Malama Pono”–is in Wailuku Heights, and from there he can take in everything between Kahului Harbor, Kihei and Upcountry. At night, with all of Central Maui’s streetlights illuminated, the house must seem like one of those […]
Norway Battles Chaos and Hipster Haven and Drunken Pigs
NORWAY’S BATTLE AGAINST CHAOS Norwegian public television (NRK), which introduced the now-legendary continuous, live log-burning show (12 hours long, with “color commentary” on the historical and cultural importance of fire), scheduled a new program for this week in its appeal to serenity (labeled “Slow TV”). On Nov. 1, NRK was to televise live, for five […]
Tasting The New 8 After 8 Deal At Pineapple Grill
Pineapple Grill is one of those great spots along the Bay Course in Kapalua–amazing views, terrific Hawaiian regional cuisine and a long list of fans and regulars from the upper Northwest side. It’s the perfect combination of casual and fancy that locals love for everything from brunch through dinner. They’ve been there eight years, but […]
The Return Of Evan Dobelle and Perfect Sense and The Finer Points Of Peeper Law
THE RETURN OF EVAN DOBELLE After consulting with a lawyer, Evan Dobelle–president of Massachusetts’ Westfield State University (and former University of Hawaii president)–who stands accused of billing the state for unauthorized travel expenses, is reportedly considering claiming that he actually “self-reported” the violations as soon as suspicions turned up. Dobelle says he would thus be […]
A Dead Mans Song Spooky Tale From Molokai
And then we all heard it ad infinitum all the rest of our lives. You heard it if you went to a wedding in the ‘70s, ‘80s and 90s. Even now. “You, you light up my life…” Christine, the only daughter of Bob & Sarah Bone, is a blend of two handsome folks, (he from […]
All Hail Our New Boat Drone Overlords Courtesy Of University Of Hawaii
Hawaii stands at the forefront of a new technological revolution in the field of boat drones, states an Oct. 16 press release from the University of Hawaii. The release came emailed with plenty of full-color photos of a new experimental boat drone (sorry–“robotic platform”) that the university hopes will “support maritime missions in harbor and […]
Lahaina Restoration Foundation Provides Free Historical Tours For Westside Teachers
Lahaina’s rich historical and cultural heritage is well known to just about everyone on Maui–resident and tourist alike. A great deal of the credit for that goes to the non-profit Lahaina Restoration Foundation (LRF), which oversees 11 historic structures in town including the Baldwin House, the old Lahaina Prison and the Wo Hing Museum. Sure, […]
Clean Toilet Happiness and Macaque Punishment and The Reality Of Sharknado
HAPPINESS IS A CLEAN TOILET Beginning in 2011, about three dozen people in Tokyo have been meeting every Sunday morning at 6am on a mission to scrub down, one by one, the city’s grungiest public restrooms. “By 7:30,” according to an Associated Press reporter who witnessed an outing in August, the team had left behind […]
We Look At The New University of Hawaii Research Into Mercury Levels In Fish Caught in Hawaiian Waters And Ask If It Should Concern You
It’s not everyday that we get a press release that contains the words “exciting” and “mercury” in the same sentence. But that’s what happened a couple weeks ago, and we have the University of Hawaii public information office to thank for it. “Mercury–a common industrial toxin–is carried through the atmosphere before settling on the ocean […]
Talking Story With Trombone Player Delfayo Marsalis
Delfayo Marsalis comes from a famous family of Jazz players, and credits them with inspiring and challenging his music. He’s also well known for his work with music academics and inspiring kids. During his visit to Maui as part of the Maui Jazz and Blues Fest he’ll do a workshop with Maui’s own Benny Uyetake. […]
BLUE JASMINE New Movie Review
Frequently, when reading about how corporate fat cats who send their careers and billion dollar businesses crashing down through fraud and financial deception, there’s always one commonly recurring detail. While the articles would focus mostly on the likes of Bernie Madoff or Ivan Boesky, the subject of their wives eventually comes up. More times than […]
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