By Dawn Pier On October 23rd, I was one of 169 volunteers gathered at Baldwin Beach Park sprayed by a helicopter applying herbicide to the sugarcane growing along Hana Highway. HC&S’s response to our complaints was a patronizing dismissal of our concerns. HC&S maintains that 2,4-D is safe and the federal department whose job it [...]
By Georgia Pinsky Camp Imua is in its 35th Year! It feels like anyone who grew up on Maui has heard of, or even knows someone who’s been to Camp. For those of you who’ve been hiding in the hills, Camp Imua is a weeklong overnight camp for differently-abled kids in Maui County. Held the [...]
By Ken Pinsky The winter rains came and Maui had a bout of weather. Then, just the day before this year’s annual Body and Soil Conference – the 10th annual – the skies cleared. The event was held January 14, 15 and 16th in a spectacular setting in Olinda, rain-washed and verdant, Steve Wilson’s Kumulani [...]
The repaving of the parking lot in Pa‘ia next to and behind Charley’s finished up Christmas week – as heavy rains finally got to Pa‘ia. Linda Chestnut, long time waitress at Charley’s, ventured out into the rainy afternoon to check out the work. “They did a nice job, and with the heavy rain yesterday we [...]
Here’s the info… Fridays 1-6 in the center of Hali’imaile town. This market is another Maui Only market just like the Makawao Farmers Market. Nothing from off-island is acceptable for vending. We are in the long open bay right next to the General Store. Space has been provided by MLP. List of stuff you can [...]
Maui Aloha Aina Association (501c3) is holding their 10th annual conference this January 14, 15, 16. in Olinda up on the farm. “Getting to the heart of Body & Soil Vitality”. This year’s conference theme is, “It’s all about the food.” How it’s grown, how it effects us when we consume it, articulating its healing [...]
Editor’s Note: The advent of Wikileaks has changed the nature of journalism. Government and corporate secrecy has cracked open in a way not seen since the release of the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg – the event that turned the tide of the Vietnam War and helped bring it to a close. From the use [...]
Selina R. Swatek was recently selected by Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government to participate in its annual Public Policy and Leadership Conference held in February. She was one of forty undergraduates chosen from over 1500 applicants. The purpose of the conference is to encourage students who possess a commitment to public service to prepare [...]
The Maui made movie Get a Job will play four consecutive days and nights with multiple shows at the historic Iao Theatre in Wailuku. The film will run from Thursday, January 27 to Sunday, January 30. Much is being planned for this memorable weekend event. Advance tickets will go on sale in mid January – [...]
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