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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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Back in November 2012, Sea Shepherd–which is among the world’s most radical anti-whaling organizations, which they translated into the Animal Planet reality series Whale Wars–opened an office on Maui. At the time, organizer Deborah
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Today Honolulu Civil Beat posted an in-depth look at how state Senator Clayton Hee, D-Kaneohe–who recently warped a bill seeking to make permanent Hawaii’s media shield law into perverse anti-reporter junk and contributed more
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This Saturday will mark a sad 4/20 for tokers and hemp fans across Hawaii. Well, sad probably isn’t the word (tears won’t be the reason eyes are red), but the recent failure of our
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For the last five years, journalists and those who provide them information have enjoyed one of the strongest legal protections in the nation. Of the 40 or so states in the U.S. that have
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UPDATED: Honolulu Civil Beat Starts Series On Why Hawaii State Law Protects Bad Cops
Today Honolulu Civil Beat started a week-long series called “In The Name Of The Law” on the oversight (or lack of it) of police misconduct. It’s not a subject we like to think about. We
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And Now Your MauiTime Editor Will Rant About The Academy Awards, Film Tax Credits and Rich People
Man, I thought all that whining would never end. The constant sniping, arguing and blaming went on for months, but now, finally, it’s at an end, leaving us regular-type people to get back to
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Hawaii Legislature disappoints same-sex marriage proponents
The Tuesday, Feb. 12 deadline for Hawaii’s House to schedule a hearing for HB1109 relating to same-sex marriages came and went without any action to set a date, effectively deferring Hawaii’s chance for same-sex
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Blood Bank of Hawaii appoints new President and CEO
Blood Bank of Hawaii’s Board of Trustees has selected Dr. Kim-Anh T. Nguyen, MD, PhD, as the organization’s new President and Chief Executive Officer. Nguyen assumed the leadership position on Feb. 1 and plans
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Hawaii May Get Official State Microbe, But What About Other Official Stuff?
We can forgive anyone who glances over the front page of today’s Maui News and thinks there’s nothing much happening in the state. Yeah, it’s cool reading about local chef Sheldon Simeon getting to
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World’s Oldest Known Bird Hatches Another Chick
The world’s oldest known wild bird, named “Wisdom,” has hatched another chick on the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. The new addition to the Refuge’s Laysan albatross population was first observed by U.S. Fish
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Rock Stars, Celebs and Has-Beens Say Their Friends Will Buy Big Homes in Hawaii If Legislature Passes Steven Tyler Act And Criminalizes Paparazzi
The news was abuzz this morning with word that Steven Tyler himself would be testifying this morning in front of the Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee on SB 465, the so-called “Steven Tyler Act”
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This Tuesday, Feb. 12: Professor Puakea Nogelmeier to speak about Hawaiian Newspaper Project
On Tuesday, Feb. 12, Professor Puakea Nogelmeier, acclaimed songwriter, Kumu Hula and UH Manoa Professor of Language, will talk to the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce on the status of the ‘Ike Kū‘oko‘a
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Thanks To Gov. Abercrombie, Feb. 6 Is NOT Ronald Reagan Day In Hawaii
Looks like Governor Neil Abercrombie has gone and done something right. Or rather, he went and did not do something right. Specifically, join with 40 other governors to declare today, Feb. 6, “Ronald Reagan
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Maui’s Own Senator J. Kalani English Introduces ‘Steven Tyler Act’ To Protect Poor Celebs In Hawaii From Evil Paparazzi
Credit Malia Zimmerman of Hawaii Reporter for breaking this one today: State Senator Kalani English, a Maui Democrat, introduced the Steven Tyler Act, which would make it a tort to invade the privacy of celebrities. The
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