Lights parade a go
The annual Lights on Rice holiday parade will take place this Friday, Dec. 6, starting at 6:30 p.m., said Eileen Winters, the Rotary Club of Kauai’s parade chairperson.
Happy Camper for Monday, December 2, 2019
Laurie Ho of the Kauai County Farm Bureau said all of the vendors at the Kauai Community Market (and the Kauai Culinary Market) are small businesses. as the market at Kauai Community College joined the rest of the nation in celebrating Small Business Saturday.
Magical memories
Santa Claus made his appearance in style — highlighting the Kauai Christmas Parade, greeting his fans, and finally settling in at Santa’s house, also known as Photos With Santa, at Kukui Grove Center, close to the Keiki Korner play area.
Housing — and so much more
Here’s something pretty much everyone knows: Housing is expensive on Kauai.
Lost board, life saved
Two lives down and who knows how many to go.
Shining bright in Waimea
The light of Kaisa Kahanuolamaikahikina Hesapene Uehara Gramberg shone through the windy dusk via a banner posted on the wall of the laundromat across from the overflowing Hofgaard Park.
Christmas Fund donor pledges $5,000 in matching money
An anonymous donor is stepping up to help The Garden Island/Zonta Club of Kauai Christmas Fund.
Grapplers to the mat
The Kauai Interscholastic Federation is relatively new to the sport of wrestling.
Mahalo for support of wounded veterans
Many of you may not know this, but the Kauai Veterans Council and many caring Kauai businesses and community leaders and members support Vacations for Warriors, a program created by Robert (Bob) DeMonbrun, a Colorado resident, to send men and women wounded in war on vacations to the Hawaiian Islands.
High praise for solar project
The Kauai Island Utility Cooperative’s newest utility-scale, solar-plus-storage project being constructed on the grounds of the U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands has drawn praise from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Monthly siren test set for Monday
The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System, coordinated with the test of the Live Audio Broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System, is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. Monday.
Getting by with friends like Thomas
Thomas, 68, is a husband, father, grandfather and friend of many. He worked hard for many years providing for his family and was finally able to retire and enjoy the fruits of his labor.
Welcome back, moli
As kumu Kehaulani Kekua chanted and the crowd responded Friday, an albatross flew overhead. And then another. Then another.
‘Golden Rule’ to arrive Sunday
The sailboat Golden Rule is expected to make its port of call at the Nawiliwili Small Boat Harbor at noon Sunday, and the public is welcome to greet her.
Begin now to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday
We have passed Halloween. Some people say “thank God,” and others wish it would last all year. And we approach the holiday season quickly. The stores are already filled with Christmas ornaments and trees arrive soon. And people were thinking about their Thanksgiving feast preparations, and family, of course.
Taylor Camp: Through the eyes of the locals
Most Kauai people remember Taylor Camp as a place reviled, a punchline to local jokes or a code word for the ‘60s and ‘70s cultural invasion by pakalolo-smoking, long-haired-hippie/surfers living in a clothing-optional, pot-friendly, treehouse village on the beach at Limahuli. And if they haven’t seen “The Edge of Paradise” — Taylor Camp, Kauai, 1969 - 1977, they may think of this documentary film in the same way.
Kauai Independent Food Bank shelves swell with donations
Chip Bahouth, manager of the Sheraton Kauai Resort, was surprised that the Kauai Independent Food Bank was past Thanksgiving and into readying for Christmas.
Oh, the joy it brings
Each year, it seems, Yoshiko “Dimples” Kano says it will be her last as the person spearheading The Garden Island/Zonta Club Christmas Fund.
Hundreds come for Thanksgiving luncheon at All Saints gym
KAPAA — This is a grateful time of the year, said Mary Margaret Smith of the All Saints Episcopal Church and Preschool.