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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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Here’s the Deal on the County of Maui Liquor Commission’s Proposal to Ban Live Entertainment at Kihei Kalama Village After 10pm
By Anthony Pignataro Mikhail Tassi is sitting at his own bar, the South Shore Tiki Lounge in Kihei, talking about what has become the hottest conversation topic in town. “I ran the numbers, and about
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Transportation Insecurity: How Invasive Scans, Incompetence, Theft And Racial Profiling Make It Time To Detain The TSA In Hawaii
By Jacob Shafer On March 11, 2011, less than 24 hours after a tsunami devastated northeastern Japan, a Japanese tourist wearing a Hello Kitty backpack approached the security checkpoint at Kona International Airport. A TSA
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2012 @MauiTime Fashion on Maui Issue – Road Trip!
By Jen Russo Let’s start with an admission: we had no idea how to do another fashion issue. Sure, the staff got together and talked over various ideas and themes, but nothing seemed to click. Lucky
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How reWailuku Is Weaving A New Future For One Of Maui’s Most Important Towns
By Anthony Pignataro We’re sitting at a table on the sidewalk in front of the Wailuku Coffee Company, over on Market Street. As we chat, people walk by at speeds not that much slower than
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Hawaiian Lovers In History And Mythology
By Anthony Pignataro and Anu Yagi In her sprawling 2006 book Rough Riders: Hawai‘i’s Paniolo and their Stories, author Ilima Loomis (who also reports for The Maui News) told the story of Eloise Taniguchi, who
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Talking Story With Lucienne De Naie About The Maui Island Plan’s Promise And Problems
When most people think of a plan, they probably imagine a one-sheet, perhaps with a clear and unambiguous map or schematic attached. Weighing in at 342 pages, with detailed maps, photos, graphs, tables, charts
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2012 Mind Body Spirit Issue – Our Guide To Health And Wellness On Maui
It’s hard to imagine a more complex mechanism than the human body. Medical science can tell us a great deal about how to keep that mechanism functioning normally–what to eat, when to do physical
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Kalee’s Retirement Stables raises money for Special Education at Kam III Elementary
By Jen Russo It’s feeding time for the horses at Kalee’s Retirement Stables, located in Lahaina just north and mauka of Puamana Park. It’s about the only time things get rowdy here. The horses follow
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The Condemnation Of Maui’s Happy Valley Shanty Town, And How In It You’ll Find Hawaii
By Anu Yagi Our people are in great, great danger now… / Cry for the gods / Cry for the people / Cry for the lands that were taken away / And in it you’ll
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If Maui Is Full Of Tree Huggers, Then Why Is It So Tough To Save Some Urban Monkeypod Trees?
By Anu Yagi When he gave us our air-rifles Atticus wouldn’t teach us to shoot. Uncle Jack instructed us in the rudiments thereof; he said Atticus wasn’t interested in guns. Atticus said to Jem one
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