Thrift Stores

June 9, 2019

The following is a listing of nonprofit organizations that sell an assortment of used and donated goods. For changes or new listings, call 242-6343. • 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, 970 Lower Main St., Wailuku, 986-8050, Tuesday to Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. New and used construction material. • Kala Iki Thrift Store, Kula Hospital, 204 Kula Highway, Kula, 878-1221, ...

Dinner and a movie Maui-style

June 2, 2019

As the sun slows its daily journey across the sky signaling the return of summer, Maui throws back its heavy blanket after a dreary, rainy and quite chilly winter season, and rouses from its quaint island lifestyle and pace to host what is endearingly known as a “jewel-box festival” among ...

In the Loop

June 2, 2019

One of Maui’s favorite music events returns to Maui Arts & Cultural Center from 1 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 23, with the 28th annual Ki Ho‘alu Festival in the A&B Amphitheater. This all-afternoon affair features some of Hawaii’s best slack key guitar from artists Halemanu, Lance ...

Pet of the Week

June 2, 2019

Are you a fan of tall, dark and handsome fellas that never give up? Then I hope you’ll give me, Batman, cat No. 19, a second look. I’m a great big nine-pound lover boy that’s currently in hospice foster care due to some renal issues I was having. Thanks to the love and care I received, ...

Book Review: Heller novel brutally beautiful

June 2, 2019

* “The River” by Peter Heller (Knopf) This novel about two Dartmouth College students on a canoe trip gone badly awry is partly an ode to the Northern wilderness, partly a survival how-to, and mostly a thriller —suspenseful and gut-wrenching. Best friends Wynn and Jack take a ...

Looking Back Through The Maui News

June 2, 2019

100 Years Ago 1919 — Quietly, yet nevertheless determinedly, a band of nearly 150 women, representatives of the best womanhood of Maui, gathered last Saturday afternoon at the Kahului community house and formed a suffrage organization which will be known as the Maui Women’s Suffrage Association. 75 Years Ago 1944 — Conversion of the Kaeleku Sugar Company plantation at Hana into a vacation “dude ranch” was inaugurated this week when Paul I. Fagan, San Francisco and Honolulu capitalist, purchased the property. 50 Years Ago 1969 — Jockey Adam Jardine rode three ...