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Maui author launches keiki book Friday

The Maui News Local Maui Writers Ink artist and author Nansy Phleger will launch her children’s book, “Li Chou and the Dragon’s Promise,” at LahainaTown’s Second Friday event Friday in Campbell Park beginning at 5 p.m. The story takes place amid heavy snows in northern China, where a small boy must enter the forest to gather firewood despite reports of a resident monster. Lahaina resident Howard Fields joins the Local Authors Table with his latest book, “High Crimes and Misdemeanors,” which details his coverage of the Nixon impeachment while he was a journalist for ...

Trio con Brio Copenhagen to perform classics Oct. 20

The Maui News Trio con Brio Copenhagen will be performing at 3 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Castle Theater. The trio consists of Korean-born sisters Soo-Kyung Hong on cello and Soo-Jin Hong on violin and Danish pianist Jens Elvekjaer, husband of Soo-Kyung. One of ...

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Pet of the Week

After seeing my shelter twin get all that attention for his 1-year anniversary, I’m ready for my time to shine too! My name is Chief (No. 29), and I’m a really laid back 6-year-old that’s looking for a place to finally call home after 10 long months. I was excited to get to cuddle my way ...

Southwest announces continued growth of Hawaii air service

HONOLULU (AP) — Southwest Airlines expects to more than quadruple its daily number of seats flying into and between Hawaii’s islands before the completion of its first year of Hawaii service, officials said. The airline credits strong customer demand for its Hawaii growth, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported last week. The Dallas-based carrier began flying to Hawaii in March with one daily, round-trip flight between Honolulu and Oakland, Calif., company officials said. Southwest expects to fly between Honolulu and Lihue, Hawaii, and Honolulu and Sacramento, Calif., beginning in ...

from BOTTLES to BOARD SHORTS

A Maui-based company is dressing up the problem with discarded plastics. Every year in the U.S., an estimated 50 billion plastic bottles are used and discarded, but only 23 percent are recycled. That means 38 billion plastic bottles wind up in landfills in a single year. And that’s only ...