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Coconut WirelessOctober 13, 2010 | 03:57 PMby Jacob ShaferIn case you were wondering what became of the Alakai and her never-launched sister ship the Huakai, here's your answer: they were purchased in late September at a Virginia auction by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) for |
LC WatchOctober 13, 2010 | 04:23 PMby Jacob ShaferWhat happened to LC Watch? It's a question we've been asked frequently since June, the last time this column ran. The answer is another question: what happened to the LC? Over the last three months, the Adjudication Board—the arm of the department charged with doling out punishment—considered just one new case. Sure, there were |
Spin CycleOctober 13, 2010 | 04:51 PMby Jacob ShaferWith Democrat Colleen Hanabusa and Republican Charles Djou locked in a tight race for Hawaii's 1st Congressional District seat, Hanabusa recently picked up a key endorsement from President Obama. "We're very pleased and honored to have President Obama's outspoken support," said Hanabusa in a prepared statement, trumpeted on |
By the NumbersOctober 13, 2010 | 04:31 PMby Jacob Shafer33 percent, 49 percent: Portion by which sales of Maui single-family homes and condos have increased, respectively, through September, compared to |
News of the WeirdOctober 13, 2010 | 05:00 PMby Chuck ShepherdDoctors from the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Washington announced in September that they could just as well handle certain brain surgeries by access not in the traditional way through |
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“I’m from Seattle. It’s great there—it’s really cool and the sky is always gray…”
-Guy at Fred’s Mexican Cantina in Kihei, June 10 |
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“A shell crashed ashore. In the dun-colored houses along Kahului’s waterfront, stevedores and their women heard the gun again, like a door slamming, and again the crash of the shell. The Jap fired ten rounds in all. Then the submarine disappeared in the night. Announcing this attack on an undefended, unimportant cane-&-pineapple port, the U.S. Navy reported: no casualties, negligible damage.”
-From “Dusk in Kahului,” Time Magazine, Dec. 28, 1941 |
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