For any college-bound high school senior, there’s nothing quite like the thrill of receiving an acceptance letter from their top-choice school. But for many, that chicken-skin moment may be overshadowed by a distressing question: “How am I going to pay…
It was a flight to remember: On Tuesday, May 18, Lanai High School graduating senior Naupaka Borders sat at the controls of an airplane for the very first time. For Borders, an aspiring pilot bound for the U.S. Air Force…
If you passed by any of the Keller Williams Realty Maui offices on Thursday, May 13, you may have noticed near-empty parking lots, darkened windows or “closed” signs hanging on the front doors. No, these agents weren’t playing hooky from…
It was a perfect bookend to Earth Week 2021: On the morning of Saturday, April 25, a group of volunteers armed themselves with heavy-duty garbage bags and set out on a litter-finding mission along a stretch of Sugar Beach in…
Michael and Kim Fish may be two of the Realtors Association of Maui’s newest members, but they’ve already made a big impact in their new profession. Last November, the couple decided to make a career pivot and earned their real…
What comes to mind when you think of the Civil Air Patrol? Maybe you picture a single-engine plane flying close to shore as it broadcasts a tsunami warning via an air-to-ground speaker system. Or maybe it’s an aircrew conducting a…
What can you do with brand-new pair of rubber slippers? Make a kid’s day. At schools statewide, some students arrive on campus wearing one slipper—or none at all. Others lose or break theirs during the day and have no replacement.…
For the past nine years, green-clad bocce ball players have taken the field at Mulligans on the Blue in Wailea on a designated morning in mid-March for the annual St. Patrick’s Day-themed Aloha BackPack Buddies Bocce Ball Fundraising Tournament. The…
Sometimes, one good idea can create a ripple effect. Case in point: Maui Kokua Angels, a new volunteer-fueled program that collects wished-for items for residents staying at Ka Hale A Ke Ola (KHAKO) Homeless Resource Centers. Maui Kokua Angels began…
Brendan O’Colmain never saw it coming. The signs were all there: His wife, Ashley, had casually stopped by his office that morning. Sharon Robinson of Movement Mortgage also paid an out-of-the-ordinary visit. And as he and his colleagues convened a…