News

Supreme Court: Act 2 'unconstitutional'

Ruling could be a fatal blow to Hawaii Superferry

"It's a great day," said Maui Tomorrow director Irene Bowie, reacting to the news moments after the 112-page ruling landed in her hands. "I'm almost speechless."

Coconut Wireless

Stumping in Kahului as advertised, newly announced gubernatorial candidate Neil Abercrombie told supporters that when they consider who's in their corner they should "think alphabetically."

Rob Report

This time of year, everything at the state Capitol is on the fast track. For some incomprehensible reason, the Hawaii state legislature is expected to accomplish an entire year's work in a mere 15 weeks.

'Click' of the Week

It's been said many times that The Daily Show With Jon Stewart is a better source for news and commentary than the "real" news shows. That's only partially accurate.

News of the Weird

And you thought dating was tough on Maui: "Reproduction is no fun if you're a squid," said a biologist at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Overheard this week

“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

Maui TIME

“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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