Crossroads Show on Channel 53

 Popular Akaku Community Television show “Crossroads,” hosted by Lucienne de Naie, will be moving from Oceanic Time-Warner Cable Channel 52 to Channel 53 beginning in January of 2012. The show, which features “community conversations” among a wide variety of guests, will continue to be broadcast on Akaku each Tuesday evening

Draft EIS Out for Kihei High School

http://oeqc.doh.hawaii.gov/Shared%20Documents/EA_and_EIS_Online_Library/Maui/2010s/2011-12-23-DEIS-Kihei-High-School.pdf TMK: 2-2-2-002:081; 2-2-2-002:083 Permits Needed: Final EIS Acceptance, State Land Use District Boundary Amendment, County Change in Zone, Community Plan Amendment, Subdivision, Various Site, Grading, Building, and Infrastructure Approvals for Construction Proposing Agency: State of Hawaiʻi, Department of Education,Facilities Development Branch, P.O. Box 2360,Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96804.Contact: Robert Purdie, Jr.,

MauiTime News Article on Development

Maui’s Dirty Dozen Land Development Projects Submitted by Anthony Pignataro on December 23, 2011 Land development has been big on Maui for many years, but we couldn’t help but notice that with the economy sluggish and tourism weak, it’s really big now. Back in August we gave you the barest

Letter to Editor on Proposed Water Bills

From the Maui News A Dec. 13 letter writer urged that the county be in charge of developing water sources, then supported proposed amendments to the water availability bill under review by the council. Is the letter writer aware that several of those proposed amendments would have changed the existing

County Environmental Coordinator Lists Top Citizen Concerns

Cane Burning, Wastewater & Axis Deer by Ariel Stephens , The Maui Weekly Last month, Rob Parsons, environmental coordinator for the office of Mayor Alan Arakawa, discussed the mayor’s environmental initiatives at a public meeting in Pukalani hosted by Upcountry Sustainability. “Mayor Arakawa has made good on a campaign promise

Be a Water Quality Measurement Person

Is the ocean water near you brown from runoff and sedimentation? Would you like to help document what’s going on via citizen science efforts? The community-based Turbidity Task Force on Maui is a way to do so… It’s really simple… grab a sample of water, collect some information, and bring

Victorino’s Repeal of Show Me the Water Tabled

Excerpted from Maui News A move to amend and perhaps sunset the Show Me the Water ordinance stalled in a Maui County Council committee on a 3-3 vote Tuesday. Water Resources Committee Chairman Mike Victorino at first said he would file the measure, but Council Member Mike White asked him

Council to Limit Citizen Testimony?

Wednesday December 14, 9am the Maui County Council Policy Committee will discuss allowing its chair to cut off public testimony.  You may want to testify since this could be the last time you can 🙂

Edwin Tanji Discusses Solar ROI

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MECO Meeting Kihei Transmission Lines

MECO Public Meeting Tuesday 12/13/11 7:00 PM Regarding Kihei's Transmission Lines MECO will talk to the community about their proposed 70′ tall poles for transmission lines across Kihei, and multi million dollar power substations. The meeting is set for 7pm-9pm on Tuesday Dec 13th at Kamali’i Elementary School 180 Ke