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Yesterday, I posted a blog mentioning that there would be some new apartments going up across from Paul’s Service station. I was told the wrong thing by the person that was working on the site. The following is an email I received from the owner of the lot: To correct the record, though, whomever told [...]
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I never thought this day would come! 100,000 “Hits” on my blog by people other then me! I only started blogging in August and I really didn’t know what I was getting myself into… I still don’t at times. ;) I really wanted to start a blog a long time ago, but I never really [...]
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At tonights Highway 130 meeting, Hawaii Department of Transportation Deputy Director had the following to say about the recent death of Carlos Caraballo, who died after he got off a bus on Highway 130 last week. Police Report: A 51-year-old Pahoa man died Wednesday (January 21) from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle/pedestrian crash [...]
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Media Release In December 2008, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) selected Downtown Hilo as a recipient for the 2009 Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) Program. The EDH 2025 VisionKeepers and the County of Hawai’i Planning Department, who collaboratively oversee implementation of EnVision Downtown Hilo 2025: A Community-Based Vision and Living Action Plan (EDH 2025) [...]
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In case you don’t get the chance to drive through Pahoa Town very often, the new Pahoa Museum has a brand new look to it. BEFORE: After:
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Senator Slom Jan 23 2009 comments on the major differences between the two parties in the Senate:
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Media Release The County of Hawaii is adjusting viewing hours at the Kalapana lava viewing site. Beginning Sunday, February 1, the viewing site will be open daily from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Cost considerations resulted in the decision to cut three afternoon viewing hours that had the least number of visitors over the past [...]
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I noticed that one of the consultants that is working on the H-130 Project has been selected as a UH Hilo Distinguished Alumni: Distinguished Alumni Awardees for 2009 are environmental, planning and land use consultant Dr. Ron Terry, real estate broker Carol Ginoza-Arikawa, and Kumu Lehua Veincent, a noted teacher and school administrator. The husband [...]
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Reading is cool! That’s why 48 Honolulu Club Rotarians spent their Saturday (January 24) constructing bookshelves and sorting thousands of books recently donated to the Palama Settlement-7,000 to date. “These books will soon be off the floors, out of boxes and onto shelves ready for kids to browse and read,” said Rotarian Kirk Hovious, coordinator of the construction [...]
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For those of you that have followed my blog, you know about the “Stinkhorn Mushroom” that I featured on my blog here and here that Hawaii researchers allegedly say give women orgasms if smelled. The Hawaii Tribune shows a picture of one with it’s scientific name here. They give the name of the mushroom as [...]
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What a beautiful rendition!
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Twitter provided an excellent form of communication for many people during recent power outages. I hope the county will look at twitter in the future as a means of communication. I just sent the following email off to the Mayor: ————————— Just curious if ANYONE at the county has thought about using TWITTER as a [...]
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I just noticed that House Rep. Morita’s Office is putting out a weekly show on youtube called “The Ledge” Episode 1: “The Ledge is a weekly video series about the 09 Hawaii state legislative session. Bills live and die every day at the state Legislature. We will report on the past weeks actions as well [...]
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I think we have all heard rumors of States on the mainland providing homeless people in their communities one way tickets to Hawaii. Well it appears a certain legislator wants the Aloha State to start shipping newly arrived homeless back to the mainland. …State Rep. Rida Cabanilla, chairwoman of the Housing Committee, said she plans [...]
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The United States is initiating a closed-door negotiation that could open up new areas to whale hunting for the first time in decades, part of an attempt to end a long-standing impasse over whaling limits with Japan, the world’s most avid whaling nation… …Faced with the reality that Japan and its allies have continued to [...]
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