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Oh, Christmas Tree!

Warren McCord and his wife, Helen, plant about 2,000 Monterey pines at their Kula Botanical Gardens to supply maui with Christmas trees every year.
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When Hearth is Home

Food, family, and friends form the heart of this small Huelo home.
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Girls Gone Wild

A “girl gang” takes on the Kaupo Gap challenge
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Recipes to Try at Home

Exclusive recipes from professional Maui caterers, Chef Ralph Giles and Chef Tracy Edelhertz.

Visionary

Lori Sablas sees the future in the lessons of Maui's cultural past
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Maui Wreath Makers

Every year, a magical holiday ritual unfolds at Kaluanui.
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From the Publisher

A hui hou and happy holidays to all.
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Five Holoholo Adventures

Consider this handful of day-trip itineraries a treasure map to the heart and soul of Maui.
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Financial Aid

A four-year college could be an economic engine for Maui. Can MCC make the grade?

An Unbridled Life

Hawai‘i's first hall-of-fame cowgirl is a Maui Rose.
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Talk Story

Talk story about slippahs, Aloha Festival, Sugarcane Train, Paniolos and more!
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Paniolo Polo

At the Maui Polo Club, members continue a tradition where captains of the industry and cowboys have played side by side, and Maui’s paniolo are internationally known champions.
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Hawaiian at Art

Spirit, Light, and Color
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Happy Campers

Finding serenity (and sanity) at Lana‘i’s Hulopo‘e Beach

Save the Shaka

Beyond the “shaka,” that friendly thumb-and-pinkie hand waggle that says “hello” in a uniquely local fashio, is an intangible spirit defines these islands.
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An Appetite for Class

Study up with Gourmet Gurus.

The Noble Salvage

How the Habitat for Humanity ReStore is helping us reevaluate what we throw away
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Centennial Celebration

Filipinos mark 100 years of history on Maui.
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Side Dish: Carb Rampage

On a carb rampage at some of Maui's hottest new restaurants.
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Where the Water Falls

Life by a Maliko Gulch waterfall is anything but ordinary.
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The Rebirth of Makahiki

Maui and her sister islands are reviving one of the most important spiritual times of ancient Hawai‘i: Makahiki.
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A Taste of Reality

On Sunday morning last, I woke to find a breakfast tray on my bedside table with Giles nowhere in sight. It was most peculiar...
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Publisher’s Note

Eat, drink, celebrate, and be good to each other.
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Powerless

I’d been struggling with my column for hours, and had only managed to toss off a few brilliant bon mots when without so much as a flicker of warning the power went out.
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How to Duckdive a Tsunami

Half a year after an industry wipeout, Maui’s surfboard shapers come up for air.
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Reclaiming the Mountain

How human efforts on Haleakala are restoring a natural treasure.
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Weighing In on Eating Out

A food writer’s guide to exploring healthy ethnic food on Maui, including Mediterranean, Japanese, Greek, Thai and Vietnamese food.