Archive for March, 2012
Republican caucus at Molokai Burger 6-8 p.m. today
With little fanfare, Molokai is holding its first-ever Republican Party caucus today from 6-8 p.m. at Molokai Burger in Kaunakakai. Today’s caucus represents the first time the state of Hawaii has gone away from straw polling. The hope is that a caucus system will energize the party and build membership. With no press releases or [...]
Fallen tree knocks out power islandwide
As badly as Molokai needed the rains of the past week, the saturated ground did not help hold power poles in place around Kualapuu. High winds on Saturday knocked over a large tree at about 1:45 p.m., which in turn took out several power poles and electrical lines in Kualapuu. While crews from Maui Electric [...]
American Red Cross seeks Molokai volunteers
The flooding across East End Molokai over the past couple of days reminds us that disaster strikes without warning. Concerned? You can help. The American Red Cross is recruiting disaster services volunteers on the island of Molokai. The first step for all new disaster volunteers is to take a series of basic disaster classes. All [...]
Maunaloa General Store cited for underage alcohol sales
Representatives of Maunaloa General Store pleaded guilty March 1 to serving liquor to a minor. The Maui County Department of Liquor Control, in cooperation with the Maui Police Department, ran a sting operation in July to catch establishments selling liquor to underage minors. According to court testimony, an underage decoy entered the Maunaloa General Store [...]
Democratic caucus today at 6 p.m. for all precincts
Democrats across the state will meet at 6 p.m. today for the Democratic Party caucuses. On Molokai, four precincts will be open: Mitchell Pau’ole Center, Kilohana Community Center, Kualapuu Community Center and the Maunaloa Community Center. Voting for precinct leaders begins at 7 p.m. Molokai’s Beverly Pau’ole-Moore is the current Precinct 9 president. The Democratic [...]
Local DMV workers arrested for possible theft
Two employees from the Maui County Department of Motor Vehicles were arrested on the morning of Feb. 2 at the Molokai Satellite Office. The two DMV office clerks at the Mitchell Pau’ole Center — Renee Montizor and Shawna Lopez — were placed under arrest for theft investigation, according to Maui County Police Sergeant Randy Esperanza. [...]
Boys volleyball season opens with a pair of wins over Lanai
In a promising start to the Maui Interscholastic League volleyball season, the Molokai boys swept Lanai twice at The Barn on both Friday and Saturday. Molokai’s Royce Calairo was at the top of the stat sheet in both matches. On Friday evening, he finished with five kills and four aces as the Farmers controlled the [...]
Kalaupapa Post Office saved from closure
The U.S. Postal Service today decided to keep the Kalaupapa Post Office open, citing the isolation and the “unique needs” of the Kalaupapa community. The Molokai community spoke strongly against this proposed closure at a public meeting held in Kalaupapa Sept. 20, 2011. The postal service had released a list of possible post office closures [...]
Pascua Store robbed at gunpoint, register recovered
In the early morning hours of Feb. 4, Pascua Store in Kaunakakai was robbed at gunpoint. The suspect — a male approximately 5-foot-8, 140 pounds — entered the store that sits across the street from the Kaunakakai Post Office at 6:30 a.m., according to Molokai Police Seargent Randy Esperanza. According to the police report, the [...]
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