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Sustainable, versatile, delicious: Honey’s got buzz

Honey isn’t just honey anymore. At farmers markets, grocery stores and restaurants, there’s a wide assortment of honeys in various colors and tastes, from faraway places and ones next door. Why is a food that’s been part of the human diet for millennia suddenly so trendy? First, of ...

What virus outbreak means for mortgage rates

The Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates by half a percentage point Tuesday in an effort to protect the economy from more damage from the virus outbreak. The move may present options for mortgage shoppers. What does all this mean for home buyers? Or those looking to lock in a mortgage ...

Publishers Weekly Best-sellers

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Blindside” by James Patterson and James Born (Little, Brown) 2. “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins (Flatiron Books) 3. “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’’ by Charlie Mackesy (Harperone) 4. “The Warsaw Protocol” by Steve Berry (Minotaur) ...

Looking Back Through The Maui News

100 Years Ago 1920 — Japanese women loading cane under contract for the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. earned as much as $120.35 during the month of February. Thirty-three women earned more than $80, and 13 of these in excess of $100. 75 Years Ago 1945 — A decrease of about 25,000 ...

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. ...

Time to rethink shaking hands?

Give ’em a firm grip and look ’em right in the eye. That’s how my father taught me to shake a hand. It was a ritual he considered quite important. I remember him patiently practicing it with me until I got it right. He said it was more than just pressing the flesh, it was meeting someone ...