As part of its ongoing educational series, the Maui Association of Landscape Professionals (MALP) will host a workshop on how to submit a successful farm plan that meets Count of Maui agricultural zoning requirements on May 24.

State Department of Transportation (DOT) officials and Goodfellow Bros., Inc. joined the West Maui community in celebrating the groundbreaking of the second phase of the Honoapi‘ilani Highway Realignment Project, also known as the “Lahaina Bypass.” This phase, from Lahainaluna Road to Hokiokio Place, is the second of five phases that will ultimately result in a [...]

The Maui County Council’s Water Resources Committee will consider the use of the Piiholo South Well as a potential new water source for Upcountry Maui residents.  The item comes up for consideration at a special meeting on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 9 a.m. in the Council Chambers. “Discussion on this matter is preliminary, and the focus of [...]

Gladys Baisa, 2010 candidate for Upcountry Maui Council, Transcript: Introduction: My Name is Gladys Coelho Baisa and I am currently the Upcounty Council Member serving a second term, and I’m running for a third term on the County Council–thankfully unopposed.  Some of the items that I’m very concerned about, and continue to be concerned about from [...]

By Wendy Osher In a ballot that is filled with 11 mayoral candidates, three Maui council members and Maui’s OHA representative will return to office without a single challenger.  Council Members Joe Pontanilla of Kahului, Gladys Baisa of Upcountry Maui, and Danny Mateo of Molokai are uncontested in the September Primary election.  Maui’s Trustee for [...]

The Maui ballot continues to take shape as the July 20th deadline for candidate filing nears.  As of Tuesday, 14 people had pulled papers for the Mayor’s race and seven had filed, confirming their candidacy—the most recent of which was Maui Mayor Charmaine Tavares who made her run for re-election official on Friday.  In the [...]

A brush fire in Kula Thursday afternoon was caused by a piece of machinery that overheated, according to Maui authorities. The fire was first reported just before 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 13501 Haleakala Highway in the Kula area of Upcountry, Maui. County officials say the blaze was accidentally sparked by an [...]

(Update 6 a.m. Thursday 5/6/10) A vehicle collided with a telephone pole overnight causing 3 telephones poles to collapse. Hawaiian Telcom continues to work in the area, however Baldwin Ave is open and police Officers are monitoring traffic. (Update 5:30 a.m. Thursday 5/6/10) Baldwin Avenue in Upcountry, Maui remains closed this morning.  The road closure [...]

A new county run program aims to increase home ownership for low-income families.  The Homeownership Option Program (HOP) will allow Section 8 HUD rental assistance participants to apply rental housing assistance payments toward mortgage payments instead.  The program is being launched by the County Department of Housing and Human Concerns. There are currently 1,360 participants [...]