Makaha News

He likes to call himself the Johnny Appleseed of mangoes. And like the American legend who was largely credited with introducing apple trees to large swaths of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, Mark Suiso wants to do the same in Hawaii ... but with mango trees.

State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa has urged Gov. Linda Lingle to consider alternatives to her furlough plans, including a 5 percent across-the-board pay cut for state workers or one furlough day a month for the next two years, instead of three days.

TheBoat made its last voyage yesterday, so the city is expanding bus service for Leeward Coast residents.

Department of Transportation officials said TheBus will expand services to accommodate commuters who use TheBoat, the citya TMs ferry system.

Insanity meets inanity as we 'flASHback' on the week's news that amused and confused: North Korea's missile test may not be aimed toward Hawai'i after all, but it's not necessarily good news.

Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa will launch its 1st annual "Mangoes at the Moana" event on Saturday, July 11.

After earning enough credits, fifth graders from Makaha Elementary School were rewarded with an overnight field trip into town.

Twenty-seven schools statewide will be holding Keiki Steps to Kindergarten, a program to help young children adjust to the kindergarten setting.

"For me, a good day is a day like any other, when I have written one page well. Except for the hours I spend writing, life seems to me to be flawed, deficient, and senseless." - Orhan Pamuk, novelist I have been directed to relocate my excessive number of books.

A $6 million appropriation for curbside recycling appears to have been restored by the City Council as it prepares to complete work on the city's operating budget for the next fiscal year.

A state judge has apologized for barring journalists from tape-recording and photographing a hearing last week at Wai'anae District Court.

WAI'ANAE - Gail Gomes awoke bleary-eyed yesterday morning to repeated phone calls from people offering to give her thousands of dollars.

Wai'anae High School's Project Graduation, an all-night, substance-free senior party, is set for tomorrow.

Gov. Linda Lingle said yesterday she would order state workers to take three days a month in furloughs for the next two years and would scale back state healthcare benefits for low-income adults to close what she described as a $730 million budget deficit.

A budding community outreach dirt-bike program for teens at risk in Wai'anae suffered a disappointing setback on Saturday when thieves made off with the club's dirt-bike trailer.

Friends of Sandra Malo-ney, charged with animal cruelty, defended the Makaha resident who allegedly beat a peacock to death with a baseball bat on May 17.

A Makaha woman who admitted beating a peacock to death in a KITV report went to court Friday to face animal cruelty charges.

A budding community outreach dirt-bike program for teens at risk in Waicanae suffered a disappointing setback on Saturday when thieves made off with the club's dirt-bike trailer.

Big Island police have classified the death of a 34-year-old Puna woman as murder.

Waianae Coast Sunset on the Beach returns to Ma'ili Beach Park on August 8 & 9, 2009 for the 9th year.