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100 Years Ago
1919 -- A plan for organizing the farmers of the Islands for the growing of bananas for the Coast market has been worked out by W.A. Anderson, formerly manager of the now defunct Nahiku Rubber Co.
75 Years Ago
1944 -- Maui lights burned unrestricted Thursday night for the first time since the war, but the curfew remained at 10 p.m. and motor vehicle lights were the same.
50 Years Ago
1969 -- Tony Long, manager of the Lahaina Arbor Shops, met with some stiff competition before he walked off with the grand prize in the Lahaina Whaling Spree Beard Contest.
25 Years Ago
1994 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has designated an aquifer that lies beneath the entire island of Molokai as a sole source of drinking water for the island's 6,800 residents.
10 Years Ago
2009 -- Five Keanae residents launched a campaign this week to stop the state Department of Education from permanently closing the one-room schoolhouse in their remote East Maui community.
* "Looking Back Through The Maui News" is a weekly feature compiled by Jill Engledow.