Daily Archives: July 29th, 2008
Maui Divers to launch Kim Taylor Reece line
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Maui Divers Jewelry will launch an exclusive line of jewelry inspired by Kim Taylor Reece.
Boys’ ’safe house’ in plans
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WAILUKU - The state Department of Human Services plans to build a residential shelter for "at-risk" boys in Wailuku to open early next year.
The project, called Ke Kama Pono, would be an eight-bed shelter near the bottom of Wells Street, behind the Wailuku Fire Station and across from Wells Park. It is fully approved to begin construction.
Work should be complete by the end of October under an a
Emergency room gets final touches before its blessing today
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As preparations are made for today's blessing of new emergency room facilities at Maui Memorial Medical Center, SSFM International construction inspector Warren Shimabukuro takes a moment Monday to check out the view from the new waiting room. The $9.6 million project includes nine new exam/treatment bays, an additional triage room and another 6,200 square feet of space, giving the facility a tota
Fundraising efforts for Damien Church press on
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When Holly Lenart of Pierpont, Ohio, decided on a pilgrimage to Molokai, her first stop when she got off the ferry was to pray to Father Damien at St. Sophia Church, a tiny, termite-damaged chapel in Kaunakakai.
The old wooden plantation-style church is often the first stop for pilgrims seeking to connect with Damien, who ministered to those banished to an isolated peninsula on Molokai because th
Kihei man ‘danger’
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WAILUKU - A Kihei man is being held without bail after being charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying to run down a police officer and repeatedly ramming his police car during a 15-mile chase that ended when the suspect's car went off a Kahakuloa cliff Friday night.
Clinton A.K. Estrella, 23, is being held at the Maui Community Correctional Center pending a preliminary hearing Wednesday
ML&P’s Honolua workers out of job
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Workers at Maui Land & Pineapple Co.'s Honolua plantation will lose their jobs as part of the company's reorganization, but exactly what that will mean for the future of the plantation remained unclear Monday.
ML&P spokeswoman Teri Freitas Gorman confirmed the layoffs of the fieldworkers in West Maui, but she said: "We have not developed a firm plan to do anything right now" with the plantation.
Going Blue for Green in Maui!!!
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Maui Brewing is asking for your pledge to support 4 very important charities in San Diego. Click the link to see how you can help out.
jercorp’s Maui Photo: Kitty box Mansion
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This Kitty litter box blends in with any decor and your Cat will Love it!
Christmas in July: Travel Deals on Luxury Holiday Cruises
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It's not Christmas in July, but nevertheless American Safari Cruises is in the gift-giving mood, offering some value-added specials for holiday travel on its luxury mega-yachts to La Paz and Loreto in Mexico & Big Island and Maui in Hawaii.