Looks like cane-burning season is coming up fast, and that means many Maui residents found a nice “Dear Neighbor” letter in their mailboxes this weekend. “2014 was a challenging year for our operations,” states the Mar. 6, 2015 letter, signed by Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar (HC&S) General Manager Rick Volner, Jr.. “Wet weather throughout the year created difficult … [Read more...] about Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar prepares Maui residents for its 143rd sugarcane harvesting season
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State Health Department Fines HC&S $1.3 Million For Alleged Emissions, Reporting Violations
There’s nothing sweet about the trouble Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (HC&S) is now in. On June 24, the state Department of Health’s Clean Air Branch announced that it was fining the only sugar mill left in the state more than $1.3 million for alleged violations in emissions and reporting from 2009 to 2013 at its Pu‘unene sugar mill. That’s pretty sour news. Though Rick … [Read more...] about State Health Department Fines HC&S $1.3 Million For Alleged Emissions, Reporting Violations
HC&S Launches Community Initiative Fund
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company recently launched a $100,000 fund to support Maui-based projects and programs. The HC&S Community Initiative will consider overall community benefit, natural resource stewardship and education in deciding how to donate the funds. Federally recognized charities with 501(c)(3) status, as well as other registered non-profit … [Read more...] about HC&S Launches Community Initiative Fund
HC&S Starts Up Sweet Sugarcane Burning Season Again
So this weekend I finally got that magical “Dear Neighbor” letter from Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (HC&S) that says the wonderful time known as “cane burning season” is once again upon us. “The purpose of this letter is to inform you of the start of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company’s 142nd harvesting season,” HC&S General Manager Rick W. Volner, Jr. said in … [Read more...] about HC&S Starts Up Sweet Sugarcane Burning Season Again
The 13 Scariest People On Maui
Why go to horror movies with serial killers and demons when you’ve got plenty of frightening characters right here on Maui? Here’s a baker’s dozen of scary public officials, criminals and cops who will haunt you long after Halloween ends… 13. MELE CARROLL Democrat Mele Carroll, who has represented East Maui, Lanai and Molokai in the state House of Representatives since … [Read more...] about The 13 Scariest People On Maui