Even 60 years after her brother’s death, Jean Pinataro still cries when she talks about Albert. Plane crash victims are always mourned, but especially so in Albert’s case, where both the cause of the crash remains officially unsolved and his body never recovered. The crash of Pan Am Flight 7 on Nov. 8, 1957 is one of the worst unsolved aviation disasters in American history. … [Read more...] about ‘Romance of the Skies’ – Finding family history in a mysterious 60-year-old plane crash
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Blackie’s Machine Shop tool and equipment sale to benefit Lahainaluna vocational scholarship fund
Sara Gadarian, the wife of the late Arsene "Blackie" Gadarian, is selling all of her husband's old tools and machinery at the end of October. The sale is to raise money for the Blackie Gadarian Memorial Vocational Scholarship Fund at Lahainaluna High School. Through his life, Blackie collected a huge variety of tools and equipment, much of which he used extensively on … [Read more...] about Blackie’s Machine Shop tool and equipment sale to benefit Lahainaluna vocational scholarship fund
NOTW: Non-union goats, Rally Granny and a naked Walmart shopper
By the Editors at Andrews McMeel THE THREATENED AMERICAN WORKER A local chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in Battle Creek, Michigan, is butting heads with Western Michigan University this summer after the school brought in a goat crew to clean up an overgrown woodlot on campus, leaving union workers without jobs. The AFSCME’s … [Read more...] about NOTW: Non-union goats, Rally Granny and a naked Walmart shopper
What it’s like to be transgender in America, and on Maui, in 2017
By Danielle M. Bergan When MauiTime asked me to write an article on trans-rights and transphobia, it sent thoughts racing through my head at light speed. There’s so much happening in and to our Trans community in the summer of 2017 and most of it is a clear and present danger to who we are not just as citizens, but as human beings. Backtracking a bit, when I began my … [Read more...] about What it’s like to be transgender in America, and on Maui, in 2017
A Few Good Men at Historic Iao Theater in Wailuku
It's time for Maui OnStage’s production of A Few Good Men at the Iao Theater. The play and 1992 film screenplay was originally written by Aaron Sorkin. Directed by Rick Schneidman, this drama depicts the trial of two U.S. Marines charged with the death of another marine at Guantanamo Bay. $20-40. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sunday’s at 3pm; Show starts Friday, April 28 … [Read more...] about A Few Good Men at Historic Iao Theater in Wailuku