Daily Archives: July 17th, 2009
Kaunakakai and Kalai residents asked to conserve water
Posted in Maui news
KAUNAKAKAI -- Residents of Kaunakakai and Kalae, Molokai, are asked to conserve water immediately while Maui County crews work to repair a water pump.
Water users will have low water pressure or no water at all due to the mechanical breakdown. An estimated 1,275 water meters serving homes and businesses in the area are affected.
Woman sentenced for stealing from daughter’s troop
Posted in Maui news
WAILUKU - A former treasurer of a Kula Girl Scout troop was ordered to perform 300 hours of community service for stealing more than $3,000 from the organization.
Anne Marie Cordoba, 41, of Kula, also was placed on five years' probation as part of her sentence imposed Wednesday.
County schools make progress
Posted in Maui news
WAILUKU - Eight out of 32 Maui County public schools met state and federal reading and math benchmarks this year, which is more than the number of schools that initially met the standards last year.
Twenty-four schools did not score high enough in the annual testing of students in elementary grades 3 to 5, intermediate grades 6 to 8 and high school 10th-graders.
MAUI WIPEOUT: Minnesota investor warily eyes business opportunities
Posted in Maui news
In Annandale, Minn., in the lake country about 50 miles west of Minneapolis, Bud Garthe is keeping a close eye on Maui's economy. He wants to buy a restaurant here. But he's nervous about the prospects of recovery.
Last year, he was seriously interested in a saloon in Paia. It's a business he knows.
MAUI WIPEOUT: Labor, employers in private sector cooperating
Posted in Maui news
Hawaii is one of the most highly unionized states, and Maui is a highly unionized county. Although the public employee unions and the governor are butting heads over the fallout from the economic crisis, it is notable that in private business, the unions and management are not.
MAUI WIPEOUT: Drought of greater concern to HC&S
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EDITOR'S NOTE: After riding a wave of prosperity, Maui County residents are struggling to cope with a recession that has swept through the islands. In The Maui News' series about the islands' financial crisis, today's report looks at how labor unions are working with private-sector employers to save jobs, how Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co.