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Letter: Bring back low-risk novelty fireworks

The recent movement to pass stricter laws in response to the Aliamanu tragedy highlights the urgency of this issue (“Senate committees move fireworks bills as sixth Aliamanu victim dies,” Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Feb. 6). Read more

Letter: Informing on others recalls WWII victims

Having just learned that federal employees were directed to not only support the policies of the administration but also inform management on those who did not, my minds eye took me back many, many years ago, when as a teenager, I worked Thursdays and Fridays after school at the family fish market. Read more

Letter: Musing the upkeep of cemeteries, highways

I find it hilarious that a state agency will take over the maintenance of “often-neglected Hawaii government cemeteries adopted from private operators” (“State seeks to stop neglect at adopted government cemeteries,” Jan. 20, Star-Advertiser). Read more

Off the news: Modular homes shelter Maui survivors

The last of 167 modular homes has been installed at a temporary housing site for survivors of the devastating 2023 Lahaina fire — a milestone in a relatively lightning-fast development project by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Read more

Editorial: Kealoha comrades leave lasting stain

Forthcoming guilty pleas to federal conspiracy charges from two former top-tier members of Honolulu’s city administration — former Corporation Counsel Donna Leong and ex-Police Commission chair Max Sword — will leave a lasting scar on this city’s history. Read more

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