December 2009
Audit: Maui Land & Pineapple’s future uncertain (San Francisco Chronicle)
December 30, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Maui Land & Pineapple Co. says its auditors have found the company’s liabilities exceed its assets by more than $60 million, raising doubts about its ability to survive. The property developer, one of Maui’s biggest landowners, said in a report filed this…
Maui Land counting on its shareholders (Honolulu Advertiser)
December 29, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Maui Land & Pineapple Co. is looking to existing shareholders to help bail it out of financial woes that may lead to the company’s demise if left unresolved.
MIL soccer roundup: Maui High, Kamehameha girls teams play to 2-2 tie (The Maui News)
December 29, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Two players accounted for all of the scoring as the Maui High School and Kamehameha Maui girls soccer teams played to a 2-2 draw Monday in a Maui Interscholastic League match in Kanaiaupuni Stadium.
Entangled Maui Whale Freed (KITV Honolulu)
December 28, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
A whale entangled off the coast of Maui got a great gift this Christmas.
Planning for new Maui jail on track (Honolulu Advertiser)
December 27, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Gov. Linda Lingle and Central Maui state Sen. Shan Tsutsui have found common ground and agreed to move forward with experimental plans for a privately built new jail in Pu’unene, Barry Fukunaga, the governor’s chief of staff, said on Wednesday.
DUI suspect fails to show up in Maui court (Honolulu Advertiser)
December 26, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
WAILUKU — A $500,000 warrant has been issued for a Las Vegas man who failed to show up in court Thursday, just days after being extradited to Maui to face a felony drunken-driving charge. That and other charges against Marcel Mirassou, 43, date to his October 2007 arrest.
Maui Land fieldworkers pick last pineapples (San Francisco Chronicle)
December 24, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Fieldworkers at Hawaii’s last major pineapple plantation have picked their last crop. Maui Land and Pineapple Co. shut down its century-old agricultural operation Wednesday to focus on real estate development.
Review of the Most Significant Issues Affecting Maui in 2009 (Maui Weekly)
December 24, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
This week, the Maui Weekly continues its review of the most compelling, exciting and controversial issues of 2009. To some, these may be distant memories, but to others, it may seem like just yesterday. No matter how you see them, these are the issues that defined the year of 2009.
WWF asks public to report Maui’s dolphin sightings (Scoop.co.nz)
December 24, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
WWF is asking communities along the west coast of the North Island to get in touch if they are lucky enough to see rare Maui’s dolphins amongst the waves this summer.
GBL commissioner praises Snyder, says he expects Maui team to have former major leaguers (The Maui News)
December 22, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
WAILUKU — Maui’s Golden Baseball League team will bring a high level of play when it arrives in May 2010, according to GBL commissioner Kevin Outcalt.
Maui Divers Wage War on Predatory Fish – Roi Grouper (KHNL News 8 Honolulu)
December 22, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Hawaii’s coral reefs teem with all sorts of fish. But divers on Maui swear the supply is dwindling. “A three-pound…
MIL soccer roundup: Calvertâs three goals help Maui High beat St. Anthony (The Maui News)
December 20, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
The Maui High School girls soccer team got three goals from Chelsea Calvert in a 4-1 victory over St. Anthony at War Memorial Stadium. Calvert scored in the 22nd, 30th and 37th minutes.
Survey shows that Endangered Maui Parrotbill population is doing well (Honolulu Advertiser)
December 20, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
WAILUKU, Maui – The critically endangered Maui parrotbill is apparently doing quite well, perhaps even thriving, in the The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii’s Waikamoi Preserve, according a report issued this week.
E. Maui water decision deferred (The Maui News)
December 18, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
PAIA – The state Commission on Water Resource Management decided Thursday afternoon not to make a decision in the contested case over 19 East Maui streams.
Jaws Maui Videos Laird Hamilton Jason Polakow Kai Lenny December 2009
December 18, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Checkout these professional surfing videos from Oxbow featuring their top riders at Jaws last week.
This is some of the best video footage of tow-in surfers riding the biggest surfing wave in the world at Jaws, Peahi on Maui’s North Shore in the first of the really big winter swells that lasted for 3 days!
These guys [...]
