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Editorial: State utility grid desirable but help small-scale users, too
Honolulu Star Advertiser Editorial Global news events of recent weeks remind us why wise energy policy at the local level is so crucial. Hawaii, the state that’s most dependent on fossil fuels for its electricity and other energy needs, has watched helplessly as unrest in the Middle East increased the volatility of oil markets — […]
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Kaiwahine Village Approved 5-4
Affordable housing project in Kihei OK’d March 19, 2011 – By MELISSA TANJI, Staff Writer for the Maui News WAILUKU – The Maui County Council on Friday narrowly approved the proposed Kaiwahine Village affordable housing project in Kihei. After more than an hour of discussion that included the addition of five new conditions to the […]
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Maui Island Plan Chair: Immediately Phase Out Kahului Sewage Plant
y Thomas R. Cannon, Architect, A.I.A., Chair, Maui Island General Plan Advisory Committee | Mar 18, 2011 The recent Hawaiian tsunami illustrates that a dangerous threat to public safety exists here in Maui County. The Kahului Sewage Treatment Plant (KSTP) is located on the beach in a proven tsunami flood zone. When this coastline is […]
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Film: Bag It
“Try going a day without plastic. In this touching and often flat-out-funny film, we follow “everyman” Jeb Berrier as he embarks on a global tour to unravel he complexities of our plastic world. What starts as a film about plastic bags evolves into a wholesale investigation into plastic and its efface on our waterways, oceans […]
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Moloka’i Community Plan Moves Forward.
Permitting Process Receives Cleanup Reprinted from The Molokai Dispatch The Molokai Community Plan, last updated in 2001, is on the move after holding community engagement workshops last October. Up next is for the Molokai Planning Commission is to choose a Plan Advisory Committee. The Molokai Planning Commission will choose nine of the 13 members on […]
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Council Committee Considers Maui Island Plan
On Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 130 p.m, the Committee may review, revise, and recommend approval of the following component of the consolidated draft Maui Island Plan: Chapter 2 (Heritage Resources). The public may testify. Chapter 2 Heritage Resources Honokahua burial site. Maui’s archaeological landscapes, ethnic diversity, historic structures, and rare ecosystems collectively define the […]
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Waikapu Country Town Project Presentation
WAIKAPU – Developer Mike Atherton will speak at a Waikapu Community Association meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Waikapu Community Center. He will discuss Waikapu Country Town project conceptual plans involving the area around his Maui Tropical Plantation and makai of Honoapiilani Highway. Atherton’s commentary “relates directly to the ongoing review of the Maui […]
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County on Your Corner with the Mayor
Mayor Arakawa will be available for questions at Pukalani Superette in Makawao
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Pa’ia Parking in the Works
To further stimulate economic development, the Office of Economic Development (OED), under the direction of Economic Development Coordinator Teena Rasmussen, is spreading the word about its Enterprise Zones (EZ) program, a joint state-county effort intended to stimulate-via tax and other incentives-certain types of business activity, job preservation, and job creation in areas where they are […]
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Maui Lani Burials
From Hawai’i Public Radio •Clare Apana has gone to court in an effort to protect ancient burials in the last open space between Kahului and Wailuku. Despite the concerns, the Maui Planning Commission yesterday approved Maui Lani Center. For The Maui News, Ron Youngblood reports.download mp3 •Former professional basketball coach Don Nelson only laughed when […]
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