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Check out the new Freeform App

The new Freeform App in Mac Ventura looks like a white board. Here you can create objects like circles and squares, and add photos and text. Then you can share what you created with specific people and let them edit and change things around to their liking. An architect could draw a ...

Mary Helen Lindsey leaves a strong legacy of service

There are few more vital contributors to the integrity of the Lahaina community than Mary Helen “Kehaulani” Lindsey, who passed peacefully away on Jan. 13. Born on March 16, 1941, she was 81 years old. Mary Helen followed her mother, Rose Pua Wright Lindsey, as the dorm matron at ...

LETTERS for the Feb. 2 issue

When will the bridge in Kahana reopen? (The following letter was sent to county officials.) What is the updated status of the Lower Honoapiilani Road bridge in Kahana? In early January, all of the signs were taken down. However, the bridge is still closed. I am sure ...

What the college bound student-athlete needs to know

One of the toughest parts of my job is telling a student and their family that they are coming to me too late to accomplish their goals of attending college when or where they wish to attend because they did not know or understand what needed to be done. There are so many factors that go ...

West Side community loses Henrietta Heneli Kan Hai Mahuna

The West Maui community bid a fond aloha to an iconic kupuna in December, as Henrietta Heneli Kan Hai Mahuna passed away to her final resting place with the Good Lord above. Henrietta Mahuna came from a Maui family in which she was the second oldest of 16 children. She met her ...

LETTERS for the Jan. 26 issue

Safety measures needed on Keawe Street Unless or until the Lahaina Bypass is extended, travel on Keawe Street at your own risk. The traffic volume has reached a ridiculous point that will only continue to grow. Add to that a bunch of confused and tired tourists speeding down the hill, ...

Have fun cutting out pictures and pasting them into other images

In this issue, we’ll have some fun in cutting out a person from a photo and placing him or her in an e-mail or in the Pages App. In my last article, I showed you all how to do it on the iPhone, but if you have the current operation system called Ventura on your Mac, get ready for some ...

Support Lions Recycle for Sight

Do you have any old eyeglasses sitting in your dresser drawers or closets? They could change the lives of needy people living in developing countries. It’s time again for the 14th annual “Lions in Sight” Statewide Eyeglass & Hearing Aid Collection. Maui residents can ...

LETTERS for the Jan. 19 issue

Gambling proposal is a bad idea In The Maui News on Jan. 10 was an article about the state legislature wanting to pass a bill for gambling to be legal in Hawaii. This would only be for a card room and sports betting, and only on Oahu at first with other places on the Neighbor Islands ...

Help clean a sacred site in Lahaina

Na Aikane O Maui is beginning 2023 with an important project. U’ilani Kapu wrote, “We will be having a Mokuhinia cleanup, inviting the community to the New Year, and what a better way of starting the New Year with respecting our Sacred Places.” The event is set for ...