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LETTERS for the week of Sept. 25-29

An island way of life for 60 years gone Aug. 8, 2023, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii — 80 MPH winds with higher gusts throughout the day wrapping around from the south. Late in the afternoon, I look south and into the sky — nothing but black smoke and flames. Around 7:30 p.m., a loud speaker ...

New features coming in macOS Sonoma

Get ready for all the new, cool things in Sonoma coming out in October for the Mac computers. Control-Click brings up Widgets that you can add to your home screen. The Messages App now has a + plus button that when pressed allows you to see a list of apps so you can add features ...

Important reminders for high school seniors

The town of Lahaina, and the people of Lahaina, have suffered the most unimaginable loss. Loss of family members, loss of homes, loss of jobs and businesses, loss of pets, loss of ohana. It will take years to be able to dig out from under the loss and pain, and for many there will never be ...

Tasks to complete so you can locate a lost iPhone

Friends ask me all the time to help them find their lost iPhone. Before you can find your iPhone, you need to set up a couple of things in your Settings. First of all, you need to constantly backup to iCloud all your data at least once a week. Even if you can’t find your phone, at ...

LETTERS for the week of Sept. 10-16

Lahaina will rise again After the great Chicago fire in 1871, the Chicago Tribune wrote a famous banner headline: “CHICAGO WILL RISE AGAIN.” Scores of architects descended to create some of the most iconic buildings of the 1800s. Indeed, like Chicago, LAHAINA WILL RISE ...

LETTERS for the week of Sept. 3-9

Lawmakers face economic challenges A lot of ideas are floating around right now concerning the future of Lahaina, but few of them consider the enormity of the economic challenge ahead of us. More problematic, most of the suggestions involve a bit too much “top-down” direction and ...

An update on Lahaina News

The outpouring of support for Lahaina and West Maui has been monumental and inspiring during the past two weeks, and the world is seeing what an incredible community we have here. We pray that all Maui families affected by the devastating wildfires are linked up with support services ...

LETTERS for the week of Aug. 14-18

Our hearts go out to our Maui ‘ohana Today, I find myself reaching for the words to express my overwhelming sorrow over the destruction caused by wildfires on Maui — especially the tragic loss of Lahaina, a city that so many of us in Hawaii and around the world hold dear. I ...

Drought conditions impacting Maui

The U.S. Drought Monitor recently reported that severe drought conditions are now impacting the southern and western coastal areas of Maui. State Division of Forestry and Wildlife State Protection Forester Mike Walker explained, “It’s no surprise we’re seeing wildland fires ...

LETTERS for the Aug. 3 issue

GET increase will impact residents Well, the council passed the General Excise Tax increase of .5 percent. Does that mean it goes up to .4667? It is now .04167. The council also expected to get $80 million from the GET, with 30 percent coming from visitors. So, the rest must be ...