HONOKOWAI — Responding to a micro-ad buried in the back of a medical journal, Dr. Norman Estin ventured to Maui in 1987 on an impulse to launch his career an ocean and a continent away. The classified was placed by a peer, expanding services at a health clinic operating out of the ...
LAHAINA — Lahainaluna High School has begun recruiting for its Boarding Department and is accepting applications for the 2021-22 school year through March 15. Information on this unique and free educational opportunity is available at www.lahainalunahs.org (go to the “About” tab ...
KAHULUI — Brilliant Minds Media Inc. has released a series of three educational videos to help raise awareness of the traditional Hawaiian culture of the ahupua‘a system. The videos are part of the Maui Nui Ahupua‘a Project, a community-based, collaborative signage program created ...
LAHAINA — Kaanapali resident Jerry Brown celebrated his 68th birthday last month. On Wednesday, Feb. 10, he memorialized it by accomplishing a remarkable fitness feat: 1,005 push-ups in one set lasting two hours, nine minutes and 48 seconds. Blake Ramelb filmed the entire session and ...
LAHAINA — Sacred Hearts School Freshman Addy Reith is raising awareness and funds for Malama Pregnancy Center, which opened a West Maui office in January at Lahaina Baptist Church. Through the school and church, Addy is collecting baby supplies that include diapers, wipes, new car ...
LAHAINA — Recycling is a community collaboration of the “nth” degree — a gathering of forces to do the right thing. It’s not an easy task to coordinate all the moving parts into a well-oiled, efficient success; it is complicated. Flexibility, education, accountability and patience are ...
LAHAINA — Since implementing strict health and safety protocols at its preschool campuses statewide last summer, ‘Aha Punana Leo (APL) keiki (children) and kumu (teachers) have been able to return to the classroom and continue to engage and thrive in safe learning honua (environments). ...
LAHAINA — Lahaina Restoration Foundation was recently awarded a $2,500 grant by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. These grant funds will be used to complete a building assessment of the stone and coral block Baldwin Home built in 1835 in Lahaina. The assessment will ...
LAHAINA — The Chinese New Year (CNY) celebration has been a longstanding tradition at the Wo Hing Museum on Front Street and with the Chinese community of Lahaina. This year it falls on Friday, Feb. 12, and culminates on Feb. 26. In 1991, the LahainaTown Action Committee first ...
NAPILI — She is a bright light of optimism and integrity that will surely contribute to a positive future for the West Side community and the world at large. Eighteen-year-old Paloma Banto is a Maui Preparatory Academy senior who was recently awarded scholarships to attend Concordia ...
