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ILWU Local 142 endorses Pāʻele Kiakona for House District 14

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142 has endorsed Green Party candidate Pāʻele Kiakona for Hawaii State House District 14, which the union says reflects “a rare crossover between organized labor and the grassroots movement that emerged after the Lahaina fires.” The ...

Rotary welcomes Maui Friends of the Children’s Justice Center executive director May 22

The Rotary Club of Maui is hosting a dinner to introduce Danielle Egeberg as the new executive director of the Maui Friends of the Children’s Justice Center and to express appreciation to retiring CEO Paul Tonnessen. The event will start at 5 p.m. May 22 at St. John’s Parish Hall. Members of the public are invited to participate, enjoy a meal, network and learn more about the Children’s Justice Center. To attend, please RSVP to Heather Mueller at (808) 430-0120 by May 20.

Maui Prep girls golf finishes fourth at state championships

Led by Sacha Salem and Sofia Mallari, the Maui Prep girls golf team finished fourth at the Hawaii High School Athletic Association State Championships. Coming into the spring season, Salem wasn’t sold on returning to the sport, but after placing 14th overall at the state championships May ...

Former Pat Metheny drummer Paul Wertico makes his Maui debut

When David Bowie was invited to sing with the Pat Metheny Group on the soundtrack of the critically acclaimed movie “The Falcon and the Snowman,” the musicians flew to Switzerland to record with the rock legend on the song “This Is Not America.” “We did the ‘Falcon and the ...

Vince Esquire releases ‘Funkulele’

If Prince had loved playing the ukulele, he might have released an album like Vince Esquire’s “Funkulele,” which features nine primarily instrumental tracks of super-grooving funk with possibly the greatest collection of backing musicians ever assembled on a Maui recording. “I just ...