Front Street in Lahaina is scheduled to reopen to vehicular traffic Aug. 1 following the completion of several improvement projects in the area, the Maui County Office of Recovery announced Friday. Repairs and rebuilding have continued since the August 2023 wildfires, including the removal of ...
After parking her car at Kama’ole Beach Park I, Maui resident Genna Joyce stood in front of a new paid parking stand, following the instructions of a “parking ambassador” and was through filling out the digital information in a minute. “Easy peasy,” she said. “I’d come back to the beach again.” As Maui County begins a new system of paid beach parking in Kihei this week, reactions seem positive. The paid parking, located across a number of condominiums and time share apartments, is designed to give residents an opportunity to enjoy the beach. For residents to get ...
Ohana Care Maui will host a free workshop July 30 in Kihei to help family caregivers, seniors and care partners safely assist with everyday movement and transfers. “Safe Transfers Save Everyone” will be from 4 to 4:45 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session, at Holiday Kalama Heights. The workshop is free and open to the community. Participants will learn safer body mechanics, techniques for reducing back and shoulder strain, proper positioning for standing and pivot transfers, and how gait belts and supportive footwear can improve safety. The class also will cover how to ...
A 43-year-old Pukalani man who was arrested Friday is accused of breaking into a Wailuku building, threatening officers, driving a vehicle toward them and later assaulting officers during his arrest. According to police, officers responded to a report of a burglary in progress at about 5:04 a.m. at 2080 Vineyard St., where the man had allegedly forced his way through an exterior door and kicked interior doors inside the building. When officers arrived, they found the man on the sidewalk outside the building, and he allegedly threatened to kill them. At approximately 5:24 a.m., the ...
The key to enjoying director and star Olivia Wilde’s “The Invite” will be in the audience’s ability and willingness to just go with it, as a classic comedy scenario stretches into unpredictable territory. Wilde and Seth Rogen star as Angela and Joe, a couple in an unsteady ...
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