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Alex and Andrea de Roode stand at the end of a row of tea plants growing at their Maui Tea Farm on Haleakala.

Maui couple strikes black gold with their new Haleakala tea

Nov. 17, 2019

A Kula couple’s recent success with a new tea bodes well for the growing tea industry in Hawaii. Read more

COURTESY DYNAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY
Nelson Mamuad’s first job out of high school was at Sears, working in consumer electronics. By the late 1990s he’d “caught the radio bug” and his main ambition was to “get on the air.”

MauiWatch founder keeps tabs on traffic, weather, news

COURTESY ERIC GILLIOM
Starring Maui’s inimitable musician/actor <strong>Eric Gilliom</strong>, the “White Hawaiian” will kick off at Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s McCoy Studio Theater at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 and Nov. 30.

Eric Gilliom’s 1-man show ‘White Hawaiian’ kicks off on Black Friday

COURTESY KARYN KANEKOA
Punana Leo o Lahaina Preschool director Karyn Kanekoa of Honokohau Valley made a commitment to educating her children through the Hawaiian language. The preschool opened in 2016 with 14 families and is now expanding with four teachers and 24 families.

Parent helps launch Hawaiian immersion school in Lahaina

COURTESY ANDREW SHOEMAKER VIA MAUI SINGING BOWL
The “singing bowl” has been visited by celebrities, tourists and curious residents.

Wailea ‘singing bowl’ offers vibrational and frequency therapy

PIXABAY
The Kahului Ali’i Pee Wee football team is set to face another team from the Wescon Region — which includes Hawaii, California, Nevada and Arizona — on Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. at Serra High School inMission Viejo.

Kahului Ali’i Pee Wee football team seeks donations for trip to western regionals

The Kahului Ali’i Pee Wee football team is going to the Wescon Regional Championship next month in California, and the team is asking the Maui community for help with its fundraising efforts. Read more

COURTESY MAUI FIRE DEPARTMENT
At about 8:40 p.m. Sunday, fire crews arrived on scene and found a warehouse fully involved in fire at the park at 757-797 Pulehu Road.

Maui firefighters investigate cause of warehouse fire at Kula Ag Park

No injuries were reported. Read more

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Only the flush of new leaf growth is harvested from the camellia sinensis plant for tea use.

Hawaii tea is the pinnacle of good taste

Hawaii-grown is a rare thing in general, compared with other locally farmed products. Read more

MEGAN MOSELEY / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER
Art Rego’s resume includes a PGA Match Play Championship in the 1970s.

Local golf legend Art Rego keeps kids swinging

All Waiehu Municipal head pro Art Rego had to do to learn his lesson was go back to school — elementary school. Read more

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Weekend work on road pavement reconstruction of Kaupakalua Road was scheduled to begin this weekend and continue over the next five months.

Weekly digest of what’s happening on Maui

Kaupakalua Road project to close roads. Immigrant office in Wailuku changes service. Read more

ASSOCIATED PRESS
The final of League of Legends tournament between Team G2 Esports and Team FunPlus Phoenix was hosted in Paris, Nov. 10. Thousands of fans packed a Paris arena for the event, which marked another step forward for the growing esports business.

4 Maui high schools host e-sports clubs

The growing interest in e-sports has impacted the Maui Interscholastic League as four high schools on the Valley Isle are now participating in gaming as a club team. Read more

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Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is Small Business Saturday — a day that will be highlighted this year on Nov. 30 by the “Shop Small Maui” campaign.

Calendar: Community events happening on Maui

A roundup of various community events to help you know what’s going on. Read more

COURTESY DLNR
A critically endangered kiwikiu (Maui parrotbill) is cared for by researchers.

Effort to help endangered Maui bird on hold following multiple deaths

The kiwikiu is a yellow and olive-green Hawaiian honeycreeper with a declining population found high on the windward slopes of Haleakala. Read more

COURTESY FRIEDEL PETERS Production company Strange Fruit of Melbourne, Australia, presents “The Spheres,” the main event of MACC’s free 25th-anniversary variety marathon, on Nov. 24.

Dancers from opposite ends of the earth converge on the MACC

Created at opposite ends of the earth, the shows promise to look and feel as different as can be, even so. Read more

KULA HARVEST FESTIVAL
PTA president and Kula Harvest Festival co-chair Gina Teliho, left, and Kula Elementary School’s counselor Jenn Kelley oversee the festival’s Country Store

Hawaii’s Backyard: Kula Harvest Festival on Maui offers homegrown fun

Festival to benefit Kula enrichment programs is country-style fun. Read more

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The Department of Water Supply has again called on West Maui customers to voluntarily take on conservation efforts, citing continued dry, hot conditions that have impacted facilities in Lahaina and Mahinahina.

Weekly digest of what’s happening on Maui

West Maui customers asked to conserve water. Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui launches new campaign. Read more

PIXABAY
The Kokua Pool in Kahului will close Wednesday and Thursday for fumigation of the facility, reopening on Friday at 9 a.m.

Calendar: Community events happening on Maui

A roundup of various community events to help you know what’s going on. Read more

ANNA KIM / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER
Maui Bay Villas by Hilton Grand Vacation will be at 575 S. Kihei Road, a 27-acre site near Maalaea Bay. The initial phase of the project will include 131 units, with a total of 388 units once completed.

Maui bucks a statewide downturn in hotel demand with new developments increasing

Hotel demand is dropping on every major Hawaiian island but Maui, where growth is fueling a development cycle that could add about 10 or more new hotels and timeshares to the market. Read more

COURTESY ANTONIO AGOSTO
Two-time Grammy Award winner Kalani Pe‘a will perform at the Lincoln Center in New York in February.

Rock stars thank veterans, military, first responders on Veterans Day

Veterans, active military and first responders might get “KISSed” on Veterans Day with free food at Rock & Brews in Paia. Read more

RODNEY S. YAP / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER
Hawaii Pacific University’s eSports Arena, at Aloha Tower Marketplace on Oahu, features cutting-edge gaming rigs, gaming consoles, virtual reality stations, casual seating and viewing areas.

Fierce e-sports gaming competition comes to UH Maui College

The University of Hawaii Maui College dived into the world of gaming with two dozen students vying for spots on the school’s first-ever e-sports team. Read more

ASSOCIATED PRESS
A surfer rides a 70-foot wave at the break known as Jaws on the North Shore of Maui.

Maui sports: Search for head varsity football coach; WSL announces Jaws sponsor

Maui High School released head varsity football coach Rodney Figueroa of his duties, and is accepting applications for his replacement through Friday. CbdMD will be the official title sponsor of this year’s Jaws Big Wave Championships. Read more

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