Archive for 2012 June
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Pa’ia Youth and Cultural Center gets a donation from Frost Family Fund to complete Street Course
The only adult-monitored skate park on Maui just got an infusion of cash from the Frost Family Fund. That means Street Course! Paia Youth and Cultural Center (PYCC) has created a street course and
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Sierra Club Suing EPA Over U.S. Navy Sinking Exercises in Hawaii Waters
Man, the Navy just isn’t getting any respect these days. They haven’t won (much less fought in) anything remotely resembling a classic ship-on-ship engagement in nearly 70 years, which I just had the temerity
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Haiku Post Office Patrons Should Stop Being Lazy
Haiku post office patrons: Being fat, lazy and stupid makes you pathetic, not handicapped. Yeah, I know you’re only there for a minute. Guess what? So is everyone else. Here is how it works:
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‘Good Stewards of the Environment:’ The US Navy insists that they can protect marine mammals from the harm caused by warships using active sonar in the waters around Hawaii. What if they’re wrong?
By Anthony Pignataro Witnesses said they looked like a wave entering the bay. There were between 150 and 200 melon-headed whales that morning, all sweeping into Hanalei Bay on Kauai at once. It was July
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University of Hawaii Maui Campus and Mapua Institute of Technology forge exchange student internship program
The University of Hawaii has forged a new partnership with Mapua Institute of Technology in the Philippines to provide its UHMC Hospitality and Tourism program students a chance to study abroad and prepare them
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County of Maui: Possible Shark Attack Just North of S-Turns in Kahana
According to a County of Maui press release just sent out, a 16-year-old girl was injured in Kahana this morning in what county officials are calling a “possible shark attack,” which prompted a closing
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Fleetwood’s on Front St. in Lahaina is Hiring
Wanna work for rock star Mick Fleetwood? Fleetwood is filling 120 positions for his much anticipated Fleetwood’s on Front St., a 16,000 square foot epicurean restaurant and retail operation. On Monday, June 2, they
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Global Technology High School is enrolling freshman and sophomore students for the 2012 Fall
When Elaine Blasi retired as Head of School at Hale O Keiki Montessori School in June 2010, she wasn’t exactly sure what she was going to do next. As founder of the Kihei Montessori
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More Bad News For Maui County Finance Director Danny Agsalog
That’s right, boys and girls: Maui County Finance Director Danny Agsalog is in hot water again. First it was his inability to get along with his deputy, Jeremiah Savage. Now it’s his announcing a
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Candidate! Mufi Hannemann, Democrat Running for US Congress, 2nd District
MUFI HANNEMANN Running for: US Congress (Hawaii’s 2nd District), Democratic nomination Running against: Rafael Del Castillo, Tulsi Gabbard, Esther Kia‘aina, Bob Marx, Miles Shiratori Birthplace: Kalihi, Hawaii Pre-politics profession: VP for Corporate Marketing and Public Affairs, C. Brewer
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