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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, ...

Covid-19 Maui County Schedule Changes

The Maui News has compiled a list of countywide cancellations, closures and postponements due to coronavirus. This story is updated daily as information is released. Last updated at 5 p.m. Friday. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Public Facilities • County fields, pools, gyms, parks and public restrooms, closed March 13 to April 13. Beach parks and restrooms closed. • Community centers, closed March 16 to April 16. • County offices closed until further notice. • Hana Highway to Hana and Piilani Highway around the backside of Haleakala through Kaupo open to local traffic only. • Kahekili ...

Personal Stories: Behind the Pandemic

EDITOR’S NOTE. Personal Stories Behind The Pandemic is a feature The Maui News will run periodically about how people, groups and organizations are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. This installment deals with parents and children stuck at home with school out and most activities and ...

G.E.A.R.U.P., Maui! helps youths seek education, job goals

G.E.A.R. U.P., Maui! It is a federally funded grant program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, and it stands for Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. We are grateful to be a grantee and participating with our partners, Kalama and Maui Waena Intermediate schools and King Kekaulike and Maui High schools. The purpose is to guide a cohort of hundreds of students toward successful outcomes in both the higher education and professional goals — and this is important — that they set for themselves. Sheron Leihuanani Bissen has been hard at work ...

TCM is bringing its classic film festival to your television

LOS ANGELES — The folks at Turner Classic Movies had just decided they’d have to cancel their annual classic film festival when their general manager had an idea: What if they could do something else in recognition of the lost weekend? “It felt greedy to say, ëWell why don’t we do this whole other thing?’ ” said Pola Changnon, the network’s general manager. Charles Tabash, the head of programming, told her he’d think about it. And less than 48 hours later, he came back with something even more ambitious: Three and a half days of films, special guest appearances ...

Virus outbreak sends a nation of restaurantgoers back to the kitchen

Last Tuesday night in Tennessee, bluegrass musicians David and Virginia Blood were busy making sandwiches. In Pittsburgh, real estate agent Michelle Bushee was stirring a pot of homemade black-bean chili in her kitchen instead of shepherding curious buyers through potential dream homes. Marty ...