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Upfront NewsJanuary 23, 2013 | 03:34 PMby Jen RussoIn the fitness industry, people are hot for yoga. It has moved on from that college elective you take for easy credit, and it's no longer just for hippies. Right now, somewhere on Maui, there's probably a yoga class going on. By now, every quadrant of the island has a yoga studio, classes take place on the beach and most gyms offer yoga in their schedules.  |
Upfront News 2January 23, 2013 | 03:37 PMby Jen RussoVeljko Savic is a native of Serbia. He probably never guessed that he would end up as a spa manager on the island of Lanai, but with a decade in the health and wellness industry and a background in physiotherapy, he's more than qualified to oversee the Four Seasons' gorgeous facility. You have to take a ferry to get there, but that's all part of the adventure. The Expeditions Ferry offers reasonable kama'aina rates, and Four Seasons has a free shuttle to pick you up at the harbor. |
Coconut WirelessJanuary 23, 2013 | 09:04 AMby Anthony PignataroDUDE! SPEAKER JOE WANTS WANTS TO LEGALIZE IT!
The big takeaway from new/old state House Speaker Joe Souki's prepared remarks upon taking office on Jan. 16 was that the state needed to "enhance our revenue stream." |
January 23, 2013 | 09:15 AMby Axel BeersWorried about the possibility of a sewage or wastewater spill near you? Could the pond near your house be the site of a recent and unpublicized poop spill? Let the County of Maui ease your mind with its latest EPA/Department of Health Wastewater Report, now available online. |
January 23, 2013 | 09:13 AMby Axel BeersOn Jan. 17, the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa General Manager Michael Jokovich presented the Ka Hale A Ke Ola Resource Center of Maui with a $15,000 grant as part of its Hyatt Community Grants philanthropic program. The check presentation took place at the Ka Hale A Ke Ola center and is part of a seven-year partnership between the two organizations in which the Hyatt Regency Maui has volunteered with Ka Hale A Ke Ola to provide hot meals to clients, coordinate holiday parties and arrange other activities for its residents. Their longstanding relationship made Ka Hale A Ke Ola a natural choice for the Hyatt's generous Hyatt Community Grant. |
Upfront News 3January 23, 2013 | 09:11 AMby Axel BeersMaui's Akaku, the local public access television station (and one-stop channel for midnight conspiracy rants, church service recordings, Maui County Council meetings, freestyle rapping and more), has a new Director of Programming. Shawn Michael has assumed the position as the most senior employee on staff. He has been with Akaku since 2002 and most recently worked as a programmer, creating schedules and maintaining the broadcast library. |
News of the WeirdJanuary 23, 2013 | 09:09 AMby Chuck ShepherdMONEY WELL SPENT
"Fulton Jail Will Get Working Cell Locks," read the Dec. 19 Atlanta Journal-Constitution headline. The county commission serving Atlanta had finally voted to break a longstanding 3-3 tie that prevented buying new jailhouse locks–even while knowing that inmates could jimmy the old ones at will and roam the facilities, threatening and assaulting suspects and guards. The three recalcitrant commissioners were being spiteful because a |
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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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