Browse by Tags
All Tags »
Hawaii Kai News (RSS)
The Department of Education has approved a plan to redraw Hawaii Kai attendance boundaries to boost enrollment at Koko Head Elementary by about 150 students. The DOE had proposed closing either Koko Head or Kamiloiki. After public opposition to closing
Read More...
After initially intending to close either Kamiloiki or Koko Head Elementary schools, the School Board has proposed to change the Hawaii Kai attendance areas in order to boost enrollment at the 2 schools. The idea won widespread support at a public meeting
Read More...
Two of the most home owner-friendly provisions of the new tax law are: Deductions for private mortgage insurance : The agreement extends through 2011 a provision allowing home owners to deduct mortgage insurance premiums. To qualify for the full deduction,
Read More...
Getting Hawaii's best teachers and principals to work at the state's lowest-performing schools is a key element of the Race to the Top national contest, designed to lift student achievement. Nearly $19 million in federal funds, a quarter of the
Read More...
The Makeke o Maunalua Farmers' Market has a new name, but its mission remains to serve as the weekly community social for East Oahu residents to support local farmers. Opened a month ago in the parking lot of Kaiser High, it is now called the Hawaii
Read More...
Private schools in the Islands are feeling the economic pinch just as are public schools. Unfortunately, Holy Trinity School, in Kuli'ou'ou, just a minute from the boundary of Hawaii Kai, will close June 7. The school has tried for years unsuccessfully
Read More...
Organized by Malama Maunalua, a community group dedicated to the conservation and restoration of the part of Oahu stretching, mauka and makai, from Black Point in Kahala to Koko Head in Hawaii Kai, students are removing destructive invasive plants - leather
Read More...
Residents and many who follow the news of Hawaii can't have missed learning of the state's budget woes, manifested in teacher furloughs and state library cut backs. I'm pleased to write that our Honolulu Board of Realtors has given a $10,000
Read More...
Pierre Omidyar, eBay founder and Kahala resident and philanthropist, is planning to launch a local online news service, focused on public interest and civic issues affecting Hawaii's communities. The venture, scheduled to go live early next year,
Read More...
With the City Council's passage Tuesday of Bill 09-51, owners of property on O'ahu who don't live on their land — including most residential and commercial landlords — are probably in for some major tax hikes. Those increases,
Read More...
About a dozen farmers lease 87 acres of ag land from Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate in the back of the Kamilo Nui Valley. The valley is the largest and last parcel of open, undeveloped land in east Honolulu, and the lush productive region also serves
Read More...
A developer is trying to proceed with a long-delayed condominium project in Hawai'i Kai, Hale Alii , but an affordable housing contribution has yet to be negotiated with the city, and some cultural preservationists claim that ancient Hawaiian artifacts
Read More...
You've read in my blogs previously about the strong opposition in Hawaii Kai to the shark tours proposed earlier this year in Maunalua Bay. After hearings around the island, with many residents opposed to any shark tours anywhere, the Honolulu City
Read More...
While the city says it is installing 179 new street lights to replace 59 lights along Lunalilo Home Road, both to upgrade an aging street lighting system, as well as for safety reasons, the Hawaii Kai Neighborhood Board has asked that the project be halted
Read More...
As the economy continues in the doldrums, the number of pets being turned over to pet shelters statewide is rising to the point of serious proportions. Many of the 30 no-kill shelfters are full and still receiving requests to accept pets. If a family
Read More...