Archive for January, 2012
Seabury earns MIL title with two wins over the Farmers
Seabury Hall clinched the Maui Interscholastic League Division II regular season championship with two wins over a shorthanded Molokai team at The Barn this weekend. The Farmers are playing the rest of the season without some of their biggest players who were suspended for violating school rules and team rules. Dressing only seven players, none [...]
Four brush fires in three days keep crews busy
A busy weekend for Molokai fire personnel who continued today to target hot spots left over from yesterday’s fire in Kalamaula. Over the past three days four separate fires broke out. It started Friday afternoon on Kalae Highway where fireworks were blamed for a brush that burned about 100 feet alongside the highway. Firefighters were [...]
State to hold community meeting on modified security presence at Kaunakakai Harbor
State to reduce time for security zone to 20 minutes once Safari Explorer reaches Kaunakakai buoy DLNR News Release The State of Hawaii and the U.S. Coast Guard will hold a follow-up community meeting to present updated information on security operations for future American Safari Cruises port calls to Molokai. The meeting will be held [...]
Molokai Renewables partner, Bio-Logical Capital, names Dr. Keiki-Pua Dancil as VP, Hawaii
Bio-Logical Capital News Release Bio-Logical Capital, a land investment, development, and conservation company, formally welcomes Keiki-Pua Dancil, Ph.D. as its vice president of Hawaii operations. In her role as vice president, Hawaii, she oversees Bio-Logical Capital’s activities and investments in the islands. Bio-Logical partnered with developer Pattern Energy earlier in 2011 to form Molokai Renewables, [...]
Sports briefs: Boys split two basketball games with St. Anthony; Seven local wrestling champs; Girls place third at MIL regatta
A busy sports weekend as all the Molokai athletes saw Maui Interscholastic League competition. The weekend had a promising start as the boys basketball defeated St. Anthony on Friday evening at War Memorial Gym, 47-36. The Farmer boys, outscoring St. Anthony in all four quarters, were led by Oli Falealii with 16 points. David Rapanot [...]
Girls end MIL regular season with two wins over Lanai
Two wins over Lanai at The Barn this past weekend completed the Maui Interscholastic League regular season for the Molokai girls’ basketball team. The two victories left the Lady Farmers with a 2-2 season record. The senior guard Brianna Tangonan led the Farmers in scoring in both Friday and Saturday’s games. She scored 14 points [...]
Safari Explorer tour boat returns under intense security
Security measures on Molokai were at an all-time high Saturday as the Safari Explorer luxury tour yacht docked at Kaunakakai Harbor under the scrutiny of U.S. Coast Guard, a Maui County SWAT team, FBI, Department of Land and Natural Resources officers and the State of Hawaii Judicial Department security forces. The DLNR and Coast Guard [...]
Second quarter high school honor roll released
The principal’s honors list at Molokai High School is for students who have earned grade point averages of 4.0 or above while enrolled in six or more courses. For the second quarter of the 2011-12 school year, they are: Grade 9: Edel Mae Alvarez, Tiera-Lee Bishaw Marquez, Kelsie Espiritu-Tanabe, Alexandra Gilliland, Olelo K.P.A Hamakua Poepoe, [...]
‘Rodeo mom’ Planning Commissioner will support local job creation
When the Molokai Planning Commission meets for the first time in February, new member Sherry Tancayo will be seated in the place formerly occupied by Don Williams. The Maui County Council Policy Committee voted Jan. 4 to recommend Tancayo, a 22-year resident of Molokai, to the spot vacated by Williams. The full council is expected [...]
Kalaupapa celebrates lower air fares
Travel to and from the Kalaupapa peninsula has become easier and cheaper for the Hansen’s disease patients along with the state and National Park Service workers. Residents and workers celebrated the coming of Makani Kai Air Charters on Tuesday at Kalaupapa Airport in a dedication to the new air service. Makani Kai Air Charters replaced [...]
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