Archive for June, 2010
Twelve furlough days planned for Maui County employees
Tomorrow, the first day of Fiscal Year 2011, a plan to furlough Maui County employees will be implemented. The plan, estimated to save the county $3.5 million, begins July 16 and will affect several county offices and employees on Molokai. Offices on Molokai that will be closed include the Maui County Council district office, Real [...]
Guest opinion: Windmills — The future of Molokai?
By Steve Morgan Two years ago I had the opportunity to meet and host Jens Peters, CEO of Alpha Wind out of Denmark. For those unfamiliar with this company, Alpha Wind is one of the oldest and largest windmill companies in the world. Meeting up with other potential partners, Mr. Peter’s visit to Molokai confirmed [...]
Community Plan update greeted with guarded optimism at open house
The update of the 2001 Molokai Community Plan began its three-year process Saturday with an open house marked by friendly county planning officials talking story, sharing chili and rice and gathering initial information in the Kaunakakai Elementary School cafeteria. Maui County’s Long Range Planning Division will use the existing 2001 community plan as the foundation [...]
Kaunakakai reaches limit on renewable energy sources
New renewable energy projects are short circuited, for now To guarantee continued reliable service to its power grid, Maui Electric Company will suspend the development of any new solar energy systems in Kaunakakai. It was in February that The Molokai News reported that Hawaiian Electric Company asked the state’s Public Utilities Commission to suspend the [...]
After a 50-year hiatus high school football returns to Molokai
High school football is coming to Molokai this fall in a big way. How big? “Imagine ‘Friday Night Lights’ on Molokai,” said head coach Mike Kahale, who started developing a strategic plan to bring football to Molokai High School over two years ago. “This is very exciting,” said Kahale, a former physical education teacher at [...]
News briefs: new police sergeants; high school football this fall; Red Flag warning still in effect
Molokai will receive two newly appointed sergeants. Randy Esperanza, who served on the Molokai Patrol District for a year back in 1997, was promoted to the rank of sergeant last week. He is a 14-year police veteran from Oahu who started his career in the Lahaina Patrol District. He was part of the Crime Reduction [...]
MobiPCS to expand service with approval of six new cell antennnas
Red Flag warning The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a Red Flag Watch for leeward sections of Maui and Molokai, in effect through this afternoon. The cell phone service provider MobiPCS will be able to provide better coverage for its customers in the Kaunakakai area and along the coastline of Molokai with approval [...]
Comment period open for Kaunakakai Harbor ferry system improvements
The Department of Land and Natural Resources will be accepting public comments for the draft environmental assessment of the Kaunakakai Harbor ferry system improvements until July 8. If the view of the Molokai Planning Commission is any reflection of how the community feels about this project, the DLNR should expect to receive negative comments. It [...]
Ka Honua Momona sponsors fishpond work day tomorrow
Ka Honua Momona is hosting a community work day tomorrow, Saturday, June 19. The group will be working on a variety of fishpond projects including: invasive mangrove removal, chipping, fencing, invasive gorilla ogo removal and rock wall work. Volunteers will be greeted with traditional Hawaiian protocol at Ali’i Fishpond and then move to Kalokoeli Fishpond [...]
Go Green & Carbon Clean – Molokai CFL Project completes community survey analysis
Based on 670 surveys collected in April, Blue Planet Foundation summarized the final analysis of its overall goal to replace every old fashioned incandescent lightbulb on Molokai. With over 20,000 bulbs exchanged and nearly 36,000 CFLs in place as of May 25, a final push is being planned. The Blue Planet Foundation announced this audacious [...]
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