Mayor Alan Arakawa will speak on public access issues Tuesday afternoon during the launch of a speakers program by Public Access Trails Hawaii, a hikers’ group that has filed a lawsuit to reopen a horse trail formerly used to reach Haleakala Crater. The event will start at 4:30 p.m. at the Kaunoa Senior Center. The […]
PATH Wants to Re-Open Haleakala Trail
Probably one of the most historically important trails on Maui is also probably the one least known and is certainly the one most at risk of never being walked on by the public again. Haleakala Trail runs from the top of Olinda to the Haleakala Crater rim across land owned by Haleakala Ranch and the […]
Save Honolua Concerned About Land Sale
By TAMARA PALTIN A lot has changed since the Save Honolua Coalition formed in 2007, but the mission remains the same: maintain open space, public access and revitalize the ecosystem of the Honolua ahupuaa through community-based management utilizing Hawaiian values and practices. SHC has been working with Maui Land & Pineapple Co. to care for […]
PATH Bring Court Case to Open Haleakala Trail
Public Access Trails Hawai’i (PATH) filed suit in January to force the State to take control of the Haleakala Trail and reopen it. According to PATH: Haleakala Trail, which runs from the top of Olinda to the Haleakala crater rim across lands owned by Haleakala Ranch and the National Park. The trail was the Hawaiian’s […]
Council Delays Maui Island Plan Until December
Hundreds of Maui Residents created the Maui Island Plan through years of testimony and work. Then the County Planning Department reviewed it. The Council was supposed to adopt it by October of 2010. Instead, they have been over-riding the citizens’ plan and delaying adoption. The additional 8 months the Council has given itself will allow […]
Census shows Maui County population up 26,683 in decade
By DICK MAYER How is Maui changing? What do the first results from the 2010 census tell us about our towns, islands and county? Maui County’s population increased by 26,683 (up 20.8 percent) from 128,241 in 2000 to 154,924. The rate of growth was much faster than that of the whole state. The county population […]