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Upfront NewsNovember 16, 2011 | 10:10 AMby Jen RussoHiker Tristan "Turtle" Brennan, 29, whose disappearance over the weekend made the news all over Maui, has died. His body was found in the Maliko Gulch area of Haiku on the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 14 following a search by a Maui Fire & Public Safety helicopter crew. |
Coconut WirelessNovember 16, 2011 | 10:20 AMby Anthony PignataroA few months ago the Honolulu Star-Advertiser asked Governor Neil Abercrombie for the names of all of his nominees to the state Judicial Selection Committee–names previous governors (including Linda Lingle!) have released to the public. Abercrombie, for whatever reason, said no, prompting the paper to go to court. |
Upfront News 2November 16, 2011 | 10:11 AMby Jen RussoHaleakala National Park has opened up a new internship program that they believe will provide critical stepping stones in helping middle school students develop marketable skills and professional contacts, as well as learn about and appreciate Hawaii's natural areas and species. The youths must be available full time from Mar. 12-16 from 7:30am to 4pm. Free transportation to the park will be provided from designated pick-up areas. |
Plugs and SlugsNovember 16, 2011 | 10:16 AMby Jen RussoThe County of Maui Office of Economic Development has issued a list of eight recipients of grant monies totaling $422,500 from September and October of 2011. Development of aquaculture, healthy reef ecosystem, job skill training, marketing for cultural events and agriculture and microlending for small firms are among the recipients.
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Upfront News 3November 16, 2011 | 10:13 AMby Jen RussoEarlier this month, the Maui Electric Vehicle Alliance (Maui EVA) was launched at the Grand Wailea via a meeting with officials from the University of Hawaii Maui College, Hawaii State Energy Office, Honolulu Clean Cities and 30 other Hawaii government, business and organization partners. Their plan is to create and implement a Maui County wide plan for the infrastructure and adoption of electric vehicles. |
News of the WeirdNovember 16, 2011 | 10:18 AMby Chuck Shepherd"You eat meat, so why not blood?" asked The Globe and Mail, which sampled several Toronto restaurants' sanguinary haute cuisines, including the Italian eatery Buca's spaghetti with blood-blackened noodles and torta di sanguinaccio (figs, almonds, buffalo-milk creme, on a base custard of dark chocolate and slow-cooked pig's blood). Patrons |
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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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