Maui brush fire contained
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Maui Mayor purchases mosquito repellent to prevent spread of Dengue Fever
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UH professor earns prestigious award for work in psychology
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Elaine Hatfield, Ph.D.
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Farrington High School to celebrate 75 years
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Farrington High School
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Councilmember Berg blasts Mayor Carlisle, Council leadership on rail
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Prevedouros: Floating rail bonds now is a dereliction of City Council’s fiduciary duty
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Conceptual design for a Leeward Community College rail station.
Putting our masthead back up
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Mayor Carlisle signs bill to revise North Shore Sustainable Communities Plan
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Maya Soetoro-Ng: Schools are pillars in the community, we’ve all got to pitch in
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Above: Hawaii students held signs opposing Furlough Fridays last year. Below: Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng is the co-founder of Our Public School and half-sister to President Barack Obama.
Preschoolers teach us about becoming active citizens

My son’s class is working on a project this year that teaches ‘big people’ many lessons, including how to become better-engaged citizens.