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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Awa: Harbor
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Pasis: Harbor
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A heron that watches the harbor.” (a spy)
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” - Voltaire

MAUI eCYCLING – Saturdays & Tuesdays: Maui has an ongoing electronics recycling program for agencies, businesses, and residents. The hours of operation are every Tuesday from 9 am to 2 pm and every Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm. The site is located in Wailuku, at the corner of Lower Main St. and Mamo Pl. Look for the 40-foot container and the sign – you can’t miss it.

HAWAII NEWS ARCHIVES – November 21, 1794
Honolulu Harbor (aka Kulolia) is entered by the first foreigner, Captain William Brown, of the English ship Butterworth. While he names the harbor Fair Haven, and other foreign captains refer to it as Brown’s Harbor, it soon becomes known as Honolulu.

MAUI NEWS ARCHIVES – November 21, 2004
Under the heading of “A Project That No One Needs” (how portentous!), the Maui News runs a story about pier 2C, a controversial expansion of pier 2C at Kahului Harbor which, the paper reports, no one wants – not Matson, not Goodfellows, not the canoe clubs, not the cruise ships, not even the proposed Superferry (of course, they changed their mind). “If nobody wants 2C,” said then-Mayor Alan Arakawa, “then how did we get to this point?” More >

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