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This Thursday you can pay it forward with a digital vote for local hero and flower farmer Robert (Bobalou) Benavides and Maui-born artist Hallelujah Duncan. National Mobility Awareness month is celebrated this May with a giveaway of three Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles to a caregiver, veteran …

Memories—especially about loved ones lost—are like precious orbs, floating in our mind’s eye like bubbles that boast kaleidoscope colors different from every angle. Through music and more, the late Barry Shannon touched countless Maui lives, bequeathing many such prismatic remembrances; and his legacy—particularly through Mana’o Radio—will continue to create and inspire. But because I did not have the privilege of knowing Shannon personally—and have only recently had the chance to get to know his widow, the famed Kathy Collins—I don’t feel entitled to posthumously retell anything about a man who meant so much to so many. That said, and with Shannon being the well-known Maui personality he was, I do feel some

There’s a panging sensation at the back of my eyeballs, whenever I must suppress my misty pride for Wailuku’s Market Street. Sure it’s home to MauiTime, but it’s the composite of our cooler-than-cool neighbors that make this place so gosh-darned special. Daytime strolls may best capture the street’s sunny charm, but for one night a month—when the sun dips low and traffic is stopped—Market Street proves why it’s the best host for full-effect First Friday fare. July’s festivities celebrate a special second-birthday for purveyors of HI-style hip, Maui Thing. Their Summer Line will make its grand debut down the catwalk, while

I’ll stress that when we at MauiTime say “swank,” we mean it; and plans for the Plantation Jazz benefit for the Arts Education for Children Group (AECG) promise nothing but. The organization, “dedicated to improving the quality of education in our schools by

Taste Education, Maui County’s 3rd Annual Agricultural Festival, is to be celebrated Saturday, April 3rd at Maui Tropical Plantation in Waikapu.  Eating healthy, delicious food fills you up in a way coca cola’s and three musketeers bars can not.  I know its hard to believe, …

Mana’o Radio (broadcasting at 91.5 FM and www.manaoradio.com), is Maui’s Free-Form Live, Commerical-Free, Non-profit Radio Station.  Help support their good-intentions to continue to provide music for Hawaii by celebrating their 8th anniversary and remembering the co-founder, Barry Shannon, this weekend.  Hopefully by when the festival opens, these overcast skies and …