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Publishers Weekly Best-sellers

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Blue Moon” by Lee Child (Delacorte) 2. “The Guardians” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 3. “The Starless Sea” by Erin Morganstern (Doubleday) 4. “The Night Fire” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) 5. “The Institute” by Stephen King (Scribner) 6. “Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry” by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) 7. “Noel Street” by Richard Paul Evans (Gallery) 8. “The Dutch House” by Ann Patchett (Harper) 9. “The 19th Christmas” by James Patterson and Mixine Paetro (Little, Brown) 10. “The Lost Causes of ...

Looking Back Through The Maui News

100 Years Ago 1919 — Japanese plantation workers are forming unions on Maui as on the other islands. The object is to work with the unions on the other islands to demand increased wages and an 8-hour day. 75 Years Ago 1944 — The Territory’s long-standing animal quarantine law was suspended this week to allow a platoon of War Dogs to be landed for Marine camps on Maui and Hawaii. 50 Years Ago 1969 — “Motorland,” the monthly magazine published in San Francisco by the California State Automobile Association, features Maui’s Haleakala crater in a two-page color shot ...

Thrift Stores

The following is a listing of nonprofit organizations that sell an assortment of used and donated goods. For changes or new listings, call 242-6335. • Goodwill Retail Thrift Store, 250 Alamaha St., Ste. N-9, Kahului, 442-8989, Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Clothing, household goods, electronics, collectibles, toys and more. • Habitat for Humanity, Maui’s ReStore, 1162 Lower Main St., Wailuku, 242-1140, Monday to Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Furniture, new and used building materials. • Kala Iki Thrift Store, Kula Hospital, 204 Kula Highway, Kula, ...

To protect, serve and help find a cure

Don’t be surprised if you see a police officer with neon-pink hair directing traffic this month. Or if you pass by an officer with a five o’clock shadow at the scene of a fender bender. In fact, it’s shaping up to be quite a colorful and hairy month for the Maui Police Department, which ...

Impact invasive species have on water capture capacity

In Hawaii, the supply of fresh, plentiful water depends on the forest capturing moisture from fog drip and rain, and then move it to streams and aquifers. Scientists and resource managers know that invasive plants disrupt the capacity of a native ecosystem to collect water. Invasive species ...

10th Hana Limu Festival set to honor Hana-born educator and ethnobotanist

Na Mamo O Mu‘olea’s 10th annual Hana Limu Festival will be held Thursday and Friday nights at Helene Hall in Hana, and all-day Nov. 16 at Hana Bay Beach Park. All events are free. This year’s festival pays tribute to Hana-born educator and ethnobotanist Isabella Kauakea Aiona Abbott, ...