|
By the Numbers
Superferry Not Done Costing Taxpayers
|
March 23, 2010 | 05:05 PM $218,500
Value of a state contract awarded in February to Oahu-based Healy Tibbitts Builders Inc. to tow the Manaiakalani—aka the Supeferry barge—from Kahului Harbor to Honolulu
20
Number of Governors from U.S. states and territories, including Gov. Lingle, who signed a letter last week asking the Environmental Protection Agency not to tighten greenhouse-gas emission standards; to do so, the letter states, would have "real potential for economic harm"
<48 hours
Span of time during which Hawaii lost two of its most famed hula practitioners; kumu hula Rae Fonseca, 56, and "Auntie Dottie" Thompson, 88, died March 19 and 20 on Oahu and the Big Island, respectively
Sources: Hawaii.gov/gov, State Procurement Office, Honolulu Advertiser
| |
|
|
| |
| |
| Entertainment and lifestyle news for Maui, Hawaii and the surrounding Islands. Maui Time Weekly is Mauis only independent and locally owned newspaper.
Mail this link to a friend |
|
|
