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By Anthony Pignataro It’s hard to imagine these days–especially if you’re standing on any south or west-face Maui beach in the winter for more than a minute–but even just 50 years ago there were fewer
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Just because Earth Day has passed, that doesn’t mean we can all go back to our fast food meals, sports utility vehicles and 15 gadget chargers. Sure, Maui seems more enlightened than many places
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Where environmental matters are concerned, Maui these days is a place of great contradictions. As a relatively tiny rock in the middle of the vast Pacific, the island has extremely limited landfill potential–a reality everyone
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The good news for those of us who still write books is that the rest of you still buy and read books. Bookstore chains may be dead or merely dying, but the act of
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By Anthony Pignataro It’s about noon, and a light rain is tapping the corrugated metal sheet above my head. The skies are dark gray, but the land is still serene and beautiful. I’m in Kanaio,
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This Wednesday, May 29: “Conversation on Climate Change” In Waikapu
The Earth’s atmospheric CO2 levels passed 400 parts per million (ppm) this month, and in doing so reached what is thought to be the highest CO2 concentration in the three million years—but what does
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Hawaii Attorney General Asks Wailuku Main Street Assoc. President Tom Cannon To Dissolve Embattled Organization
This week the situation at the embattled Wailuku Main Street Association, the once mighty community nonprofit that’s been under fire for all manner of alleged violations and impropriety, got a whole lot worse. On
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All Hawaii Motor Vehicle Passengers Must Now Wear Seatbelts (Unless You’re In A Truck Bed)
Although state Senator Clayton Hee has been busy blocking ethics law reform this session and trying to deny that online journalism actually exists, there is one bill he can boast about getting past the
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Summer Guide 2013: No need to run away to the Circus: Emerald City Trapeze Arts is right here on Maui
“What do you like best about trapeze?” instructor Dorian McRae asks me as I climb 25 feet in the air at Emerald City Trapeze Arts in Lahaina to fly once more. “The rush!” I quickly
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Eh Tablet Thief!
To the thief who stole my tablet outside Maui Coffee Roasters: please do what’s pono and turn it back in as lost. No questions asked. I’m a single mama with few possessions, and that
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2013 MauiTime Summer Guide: Hitting Balls at Hitter’s Paradise
“I’m pretty sure we can get you hitting the ball well when you are done,” he said when I first asked about dropping by Hitter’s Paradise in Kihei, but I didn’t really believe it.
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UPDATED: Democratic U.S. Senators Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz Save Cane-Burning Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar From Horrors Of Subsidy-Free Trade
[ED. NOTE: I updated this post on May 23 to include new information sent from Senator Brian Schatz's office as well as a bit of historical context] Thanks to Hawaii’s two U.S. Senators (both of
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Summer Guide 2013: Maui Paintball’s New Olowalu location is a blast
I never thought gunning strangers down could be so entertaining. There’s very little that intimidates me, and I love a good adventure. But when I got invited to try Maui Paintball I was at a
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State of Hawaii Throws Book At Tricia Morris of Hawaii’s Premiere Mortgage Co.
We’ve known for about the past six months that times have definitely gotten tough for Tricia Morris, probably Maui’s most famous mortgage broker. That the island could even have something called a “most famous
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Kahului Rotary Club Calls for Palaka Award Nominations and Announces Fund Raising Event
In the last year, the Kahului Rotary Club has fulfilled its motto “Service Above Self” with community giving projects all around Maui. Now it’s time for the organization’s biggest fundraising event of the year. There
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No More Gorgeous Shade Trees At Lahaina Market Place
And now we’re going to talk a bit about trees–or rather, the act of going up to very old, very beautiful trees and chain-sawing them into sawdust and toothpicks. This is happening, or by
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‘Family Ingredients’ on PBS Hawaii Takes Viewers to Japan with Chef Alan Wong
The simplest dishes are sometimes the most meaningful. To me, nothing tops a good grilled cheese. For Hawaiian celebrity chef Alan Wong, that favorite childhood comfort food was tamago kake gohan, an austere combination
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“Tropic Care Maui 2013″ to Provide Free Healthcare Services for Residents
Call government-funded healthcare a military “rapid deployment exercise,” give it a cool name like “Tropic Care Maui” and even the Republicans will get on board. Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa did just that in
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Why Does A Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Member Want The Whales Removed From The Endangered Species List?
By Anthony Pignataro It’s hard to imagine these days–especially if you’re standing on any south or west-face Maui beach in the winter for more than a minute–but even just 50 years ago there were fewer
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