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David Shapiro: Aloha Stadium scheme is more about development than football
Hawaii public works projects too often sputter because elected officials become more interested in promoting development around them than the projects themselves. Read more
Hawaii public works projects too often sputter because elected officials become more interested in promoting development around them than the projects themselves. Read more
Say goodbye to Hawaii’s signature state Capitol, if it loses its long and graceful sightlines as they are closed by a tumble of concrete barriers and chain link fences. Read more
Question: When I checked on the status of my second stimulus payment, it said a check would be mailed on Jan. 6. Is it lost? Read more
Question: Does my 93-year-old mother have to be present when applying for a handicap parking placard for the first time? It would be contrary if she is required to be present, when the very reason we are applying for a handicap parking placard is that she has limited mobility, especially during this pandemic. Read more
Question: What is going on with the plus-up? I thought we would be getting it by now. It was approved around Christmas! Read more
Question: Can I get the flu shot and the COVID-19 vaccine at the same time? Read more
A fascination with food and fire is in our blood, dating back a million years to the first hominids who put 2 and 2 together to create the first culinary magic. Read more
Question: Kokua Line used to publicize those drive-thru recycling sites. Do they not hold those anymore? I liked them because I could take relatively small amounts of different types of stuff and know that it would all get to the right recycler. Read more
Welcome to Hawaii, the pessimist’s delight. If you don’t like our economy, wait, it can get worse. Back in 2011, former U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie was the new governor, winning on a campaign of “I can handle this economy.” Read more
Question: We just received what appears to be a second-round stimulus debit card in the mail from Economic Impact Payment Card by Money Network issued by MetaBank, N.A. Read more
The impeachment of Donald Trump for a second time by the U.S. House of Representatives brought conflicting feelings. Read more
It starts with a birdie putt that begins running straight and true and finishes with a race to the cup between the ball and the golfer who just launched it, Kevin Na. Read more
Until COVID-19 began to roar, Reagan Cink was working in flight operations for Delta Airlines in Atlanta. Read more
Question: Where exactly are the online sign-ups for the vaccine? I am 75 so I am eligible, but I went to the Department of Health website and there is so much information there I couldn’t find it. Read more
On days like Thursday, when a flurry of nine birdies helped lift Peter Malnati into a three-way share of the first-day lead at the Sony Open in Hawaii, it has usually meant that one of the Midwest’s largest pizza chains has had to come up with some dough. Read more
Does history repeat itself? Some of last week’s events reminded me about the 1960 presidential election in Hawaii. Read more
Question: I’m a health care worker who has received the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. I have my completed COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card. Does that exempt me from any of the travel requirements, both interisland and domestically? Read more
Question: I keep seeing on the news about vaccinations at care homes, but what about those of us who care for our kupuna at home? My mom is in her 90s, and she lives with my husband, son and me. My husband is over 75. So both of them (mom and husband) should be eligible. Read more
Last year brought so much bad news for the dining industry that I overlooked at least one restaurant that showed second acts are possible. Read more
Question: My grandson signed up for the stimulus knowing that he would be going to jail, and now he is in jail and the money came through. Is that going to be a problem? Read more
Imagine University of Hawaii football coach Todd Graham showing a blue chip prospect from his former high school, Allen (Texas) High, around the Rainbow Warriors’ new home field at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex. Read more
