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According to a May 22 press release just received from the office of U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, the good senator has helped stop an awful, awful amendment to the 2013 Farm Bill that
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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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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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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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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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Democratic U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono Saves Cane-Burning Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar From Horrors Of Subsidy-Free Trade
According to a May 22 press release just received from the office of U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, the good senator has helped stop an awful, awful amendment to the 2013 Farm Bill that
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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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“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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Renovated Sand Hills Plantation House Wins Historic Hawai’i Foundation Honor
Mango trees casting shade over a wide lawn in front of a friendly white shingle-sided open-spaced house is a scene from plantation Hawaii. It’s a familiar one to the many Maui residents born and
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County of Maui Wins Best Booth Award At South Korean Flower Festival
It’s always nice to read that news in South Korea isn’t completely dominated by the threat of nuclear war. Sometimes, news there concerns nothing more than delicate flowers. As part of its effort to attract
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Art Contest: Students To Design New EV Quick Charging Stations At Queen Kaahumanu Center
Not sure if you’ve noticed, but there are four new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations going in at the Queen Ka’ahumanu Center parking lot near the Ka’ahumanu Ave. entrance (fronting Ruby’s, but much closer
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Mysterious Maui News Reporter Covers Former Maui County Family Court Judge Mimi DesJardins’ Trial
So it looks like Maui has lost a judge to criminal activity. On Thursday, May 9, Maui Family Court judge Mimi DesJardins pleaded no contest to a single charge of tampering with a government
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Haleakala National Park Looking For Interns To Study Climate Change and Silverswords
Back in January, we reported that new research from the United States Geological Survey and UH Manoa was showing that climate change may, in fact, doom the beautiful but endangered silversword plants that are
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