Pirate Hunting Cruises Being Offered Pirate hunting cruises along the African coast are being offered by private yachts in Russia. For £3,500 per day customers can sail along the coast of Somalia at low speed to entice a pirate into attacking. Former special forces troops are on board to make sure no harm comes to [...]
It started with a canoe and a fire. By Madeline Ziecker In 1993, Brian McCafferty was out on a canoe ride in Pa‘ia Bay when he saw that a house on shore was ablaze. Brian knew the owners of the house and had asked them if and when they eventually moved, they would consider selling [...]
By David Leonard If we are to create a world suitable for human habitation, we must bring the sacred back into our medicine and into our lives. Without a genuine connection to the earth, we are just one more licensed mechanic. I will describe here a traditional gathering ritual that was taught to me, but [...]
The Pa‘ia Youth and Cultural Center is introducing their new youth challenge program, Malama Pono Project Venture (MPPV). Funded by both the State of Hawai‘i and Maui County Department of Housing and Human Concerns, this dual component program is free and serves Maui County adolescents, 12-17 years old. Currently, Maui County’s alcohol drinking age start [...]
By Ken Pinsky Christmas week held a surprise for Pa‘ia residents this year. The large parcel of undeveloped land between the bypass road and Baldwin Avenue has closed escrow and is now in the hands of owners with plans for developing it. Long an A&B canefield, the “remnant” was cut off from cane operations by [...]
By Kyle Ellison Using numb fingers to fiddle with crampons is not a feeling I am used to. A metal skeleton of a shoe that vaguely resembles a masochistic set of soccer cleats, my mind keeps being drawn to those weird looking shoes that someone might use to aerate their front lawn. Either way, I [...]
By MARK NIESSE A federal lawsuit seeks to force Hawai‘i’s government to more quickly hand out food stamps to families in need because the state has been falling behind. The lawsuit filed November 17 on behalf of food stamp recipients asks a judge to require the Department of Human Services to process the vast majority [...]
Interview with National Political Correspondent Phillip Swatek MOH: Wouldn’t you agree that the “tea party” is the major story of this year’s national election? PS: Certainly. But it must be first pointed out that the “tea party” is not in any sense a real party. It has no convention, no delegates, no platform, no coherent [...]
By Paul Wood The future is upon us. Or else it’s a hippopotamus. I’m not sure which one. Because I can’t see it. Even so, I’m looking and looking. We all are. We’re all staring intensely at the future trying to make it out. Our eyes are squint squint squinting. I think we can call [...]
By Sam Epstein The mid-term elections are now behind us and one thing is clear, Maui County’s Democratic voters will vote apparently for anyone, as along as they are not endorsed by the local Maui County Democratic Party. For the second election cycle in a row now, Maui voters, a clear majority of whom identify [...]
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