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Wildfire-affected homeowners invited to contractor open house July 15

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The Maui County Office of Recovery will host a Meet Our General Contractor Open House from 5 to 7 p.m. July 15 at the Office of Recovery’s Lahaina Resource Center, Lahaina Gateway, 325 Keawe St., Suite B102. The county said homeowners impacted by the 2023 Maui wildfires who have not yet started to rebuild are encouraged to attend and meet representatives from Goodfellow Bros. Inc., the general contractor selected to build homes through the county’s Hoʻokumu Hou Single-Family Homeowner Reconstruction Program. Those who have already obtained building permits, experienced changes in ...

County pools to close briefly for training, testing

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The Maui County Department of Parks and Recreation has scheduled several brief pool closures in the coming weeks. All county pools on Maui and Molokai will be closed July 26 and Aug. 2 for staff training. Coach Soichi Sakamoto Pool in Wailuku will be closed from 9 a.m. to noon July 30 for lifeguard recruitment testing. The pool will reopen from noon to 4 p.m. For updates on pool hours, call the county pool hotline at (808) 270-8208.

Raising Cane’s to host Stuff Da Bus drive

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Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers in Kahului will host a Stuff Da Bus school supply drive from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 12 in partnership with Maui United Way’s Keiki in Need program. The public is encouraged to donate new school supplies at the restaurant, 176 Hookele St. KISS FM 99.9’s DJ Ed Kanoi will also participate in the event. Needed items include backpacks, calculators, crayons, markers, colored pencils, earbuds, erasers, folders, glue, pencils, pens, rulers, scissors, binders, composition books and notebooks. Raising Cane’s will donate 15% of its net food sales for the ...

Maui records second wettest June in 107 years

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If you thought the grass seemed greener than normal on Maui last month because of the rain, you might be right. June on Maui ranked as the second wettest in 107 years, according to the Hawaii Monthly Climate Summary. Maui experienced wet conditions, with 83% of the land area seeing at least ...

Park Maui to launch July 15 at Kamaole Beach Parks I and III

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A parking program designed to prioritize Hawaii residents will launch July 15 at Kamaole Beach Parks I and III in Kihei. Standard rates for nonresidents will be $10 for daily parking, $50 for a weekly pass and $150 for a monthly pass. Parking will remain free seven days a week at all Park ...