Haiku News

KAHULUI Mr. Pineapple - aka Jimmy Hutaff - needs 350 delicious Maui pineapples a day, and when Maui Pine closes down later this year, he doesn't know where he will get them.

Operating Hasegawa General Store in Hana in East Maui in the early 1900s required a good pickup truck and a tenacity for overcoming transportation obstacles.

Emotions ran high for parents and children Friday when as many as 75 people waved handmade signs at motorists in a busy Wailuku intersection to protest public schoolteacher furloughs aimed at easing the state's budget crisis.

The online boutique, Beauty and the Beach Hawaii, is expanding their company and seeking new Hawaii-based beachwear designers.

Maui County is moving ahead with a $10 million project to improve traffic flow at the intersection of Makawao Avenue and Makani Road.

Many post offices around the state have had their retail hours cut back, including a number of branches on Maui.

Several months ago, Haiku artist Philip Sabado did not immediately heed his brother's call to stop what he was doing and begin painting a portrait of Father Damien.

Police documented decreases in burglaries, thefts, vehicle thefts and car break-ins as part of an overall one-third drop in crime reported in Upcountry communities during the past year.

For working with postal inspectors to solve a series of break-ins at post office boxes throughout the island, Maui police Detective Wendell Loo has received a letter of commendation from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

Call to inquire about snacks, lunch and early drop-off and late pick-up times. This list reflects programs that provided information to The Maui News by Tuesday afternoon.

In the three years that Maui police Sgt. David Silva has led a team of juvenile investigators, arrests for underage drinking, graffiti, curfew violations and truancy have risen.

Mayor Charmaine Tavares encouraged citizens of West Maui to attend tonight's Budget Community Meeting at Lahaina Civic Center, and urged residents in other areas of Maui County to attend the remaining meetings to present their priorities for the upcoming 2010-2011 fiscal year County budget.

A proposed expansion of 94-year-old Hanzawa Store into a small commercial development in upper Haiku was deferred Wednesday by the Maui County Council's Land Use Committee.

Saying he didn't know there was anything illegal about an organization that provided him with medical marijuana, a Wailuku man was ordered to pay a $300 fine and perform 80 hours of community service for his part in what police described as a ring that illegally distributed the drug.

It took a while for me to get used to people pointing and saying, "Hey, isn't that the sports lady?" But being the first female sports director in the islands is certainly an honor that I don't take for granted.

A bill to provide property tax exemptions for Native Hawaiians with kuleana lands advanced Tuesday, passing first reading by the Maui County Council.

QUESTION : After reading in great detail about the Susan Shaw identity theft case, I read a sentence that struck me.

Because Tropical Storm Felicia is expected to arrive later than expected in the islands, Maui County emergency shelters will open at 10 p.m. today, which is later than earlier planned.

Maui County officials announced on Monday afternoon that it will open nine emergency shelters as Tropical Storm Felicia approaches.

Hundreds of West Maui residents poured into the Lahaina Civic Center on Tuesday to share their views on the Maui Island Plan with the Maui Planning Commission.