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Upfront NewsFebruary 16, 2011 | 03:11 PMby Sara TekulaLast August, anthropologist and 20-year Maui resident Holly Formolo moved to Tunisia, North Africa. She went to teach English to grad students, but had no idea she'd see  |
Coconut WirelessFebruary 16, 2011 | 04:28 PMby Jacob ShaferWhen one party controls both the executive and legislative branches--as the Democrats do in Hawaii--there's legitimate concern that each will act as a rubber stamp for the other. That |
LC WatchFebruary 16, 2011 | 04:33 PMby Jacob ShaferLC Adjudication Board meetings usually follow a pretty standard, pretty boring procedure. So when something new is introduced--like a visual aid--everyone perks |
Spin CycleFebruary 16, 2011 | 02:53 PMby Jacob ShaferCivil union bill SB232 cleared another major hurdle last week, as the House passed it by a 31-19 vote. The bill already won initial approval in the |
By the NumbersFebruary 16, 2011 | 02:47 PMby Jacob Shafer609,300
Number of wage and salary jobs projected for Hawaii in 2012, the highest total since 2008
27,700
Amount by which the number of |
News of the WeirdFebruary 16, 2011 | 03:00 PMby Chuck ShepherdThe ear has a "G-spot," explained a California ear-nose-and-throat surgeon, and thus the moans of ecstasy that Vietnamese "ear pickers" reportedly elicit from their clients might |
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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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