Here’s what happened: We bought a treadmill the size of a Volkswagen that fits in only one area of the house — the dining room. And this only because we shoved the 8-foot dining table up under some wi » Full Story

A resident of the Menehune Shores condominium complained that erosion at adjacent Kalepolepo Park was a serious hazard for park users, with a deep rut running through the park as a result of the Dec. » Full Story

“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separa » Full Story

“Have you seen my cowboy hat, the one with the big brim?” “Want to take the car and the cooler, or use the bike and go without?” “We’ve got time. Let’s use the car and the cooler. It’ll get hot if we » Full Story

We went through fire and through water.

— Psalms 66

Seeking respite from 24/7 news coverage of California wildfires and Midwest flooding, we went to a movie Saturday about the » Full Story

Oh, goody and whoop-de-do. Only one more day until the chance to get in a little firefighting, and there‘s just nothing like a mess of firecrackers going off to get my hopes up.

Or not. Tr » Full Story

A Check It Out item published April 14 reported that construction activity that had been continuing at Poolenalena Beach Park in South Maui was one of several landing sites for a massive land and sea » Full Story

Back when one of the old guys took youngsters out to pound opihi, the unequivocal instruction was don’t take them all. You always leave some behind and not just the smallest ones, but some of the bigg » Full Story

Three legs ought to be better than two. That’s not true when two of the legs are rubber-tipped, aluminum crutches that can turn upright motion into a fair impression of a cockroach on its back. Three » Full Story

Use common sense.

Stop immediately if you

feel pain, dizziness or

exhaustion.

— Cautionary blurb,

Star Trac treadmill



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