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Upfront NewsNovember 07, 2012 | 11:53 AMby Anthony PignataroGuess we don't have Linda Lingle to kick around anymore. On Election night, the former two-term Republican Governor of Hawaii who had trounced Democrat Mazie Hirono at the polls a decade ago, was herself shown the door in her bid to succeed retiring U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka (D–Hawaii). The final summary vote tally, released by the state Office of Elections at nearly 3am Wednesday morning, showed Congresswoman Hirono beating Lingle by more than 100,000 votes–61.6 percent to 36.8 percent (Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, running to succeed Hirono in the 2nd District, beat her Republican challenger Kawika Crowley by a greater margin). |
Upfront News 2November 07, 2012 | 12:00 PMby Jen RussoThe much anticipated reopening of the Lahaina Public Library is set for Tuesday, Nov. 13 at noon. The library has been closed for over a year to complete interior renovations that were spearheaded and funded by the Rotary Club, Maui Friends of the Library and the Hawaii State Public Library. The library now has new floor resurfacing, repainting, installation of new shelves and new furniture, including a new circulation desk. The only public library on the Westside, the Lahaina library is 56 years old and occupies an historic location with fabulous ocean views overlooking the harbor. |
Coconut WirelessNovember 07, 2012 | 11:43 AMby Anthony PignataroFITCHRATINGS SAYS COUNTY FINANCES GOOD, HAWAII PENSION DEBT WORSE THAN EVER
And now I'd like to take a few moments to talk about something near and dear to all of our hearts: Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) liabilities. I know, topics as sexy and provocative as this are rarely suitable for even alternative papers, but hey–we're all adults here, right? |
November 07, 2012 | 12:07 PMby Jen RussoThe island of Rapa Nui left many juicy mysteries for scientists in the 20th century to unravel. This week, the PBS program NOVA tackles the puzzle of how the islanders built giant stone statues called Moai that remain on the island long after their builders vanished. |
Upfront News 3November 07, 2012 | 12:02 PMby Jen RussoThis Saturday, the Maui Mall will host a Kissing Booth at the Hawaii Animal Rescue Foundation (HARF)'s annual adopt-a-thon. Go in for some big wet sloppy ones from May and Bear, and get a keepsake photo of the moment.
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News of the WeirdNovember 07, 2012 | 12:16 PMby Chuck ShepherdCAUGHT ON VIDEO: CHRIST'S RETURN
"If the Messiah descends from the Mount of Olives as foretold in the Bible," wrote the Los Angeles Times in an October dispatch from Jerusalem, the two largest Christian television networks in the U.S. promise to cover the arrival live from a hilltop in the city. Daystar Television has already been beaming a 24/7 webcam view, and Trinity Broadcasting Network bought the building next door to Daystar's in September |
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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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