A Postcard From KAMP
Aaron Kamau grew up in Kalihi and knows the risks youth face. In response he created KAMP, which promotes teamwork while giving kids confidence in their own abilities. Teachers say the results are...
View ArticleKeiki In The Kitchen
Hawaii Food and Wine Festival isn’t just for grown-ups, thanks to Keiki in the Kitchen, a children’s cooking competition that encourages creativity and using healthy local ingredients. It happens...
View ArticleMexico’s Man In Hawaii
Andy Kluger wears many hats, including that of an international businessman, but the one he particularly enjoys is a sombrero — as Mexico’s honorary consul Some of us speak of wearing many hats for our...
View ArticleSolving Human Problems
These days, everyone is trying to improve their exterior with ab workouts, wrinkle creams and ED drugs. But what about the inside of a person? How does one better the person within the skin? That...
View ArticleHunger: It’s Not Going Away
Hawaii Foodbank has fed more than 123,000 households this year — that works out to 287,000 residents, or one in five people in the Islands. That’s why MidWeek is doing another cover story on Check-Out...
View Article30 Years Of City Lights
One of the best things about Christmas in Hawaii, Honolulu City Lights, debuts a new set of characters when the tree lights go on Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. Decapitations. Gender swapping. Mythical giants taking...
View ArticleYes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
And each letter to Santa mailed via Macy’s turns into a $1 donation (up to $1 million) to Make-A-Wish Foundation, benefitting keiki with life-threatening medical conditions. Talk about Christmas magic:...
View ArticleStopping The Elder Scams
Elder abuse can take many forms, but the most common involve finances. Scott Spallina of the City Prosecutor’s Elder Abuse Justice Unit is out to stop it Take a moment to think about your children,...
View ArticleFull Circle With Martin
Attorney Ellen Carson receives the Martin Luther King Jr. Peacemaker Award, named for the man who inspired her to take up law with an emphasis on civil rights, which included winning reparations for...
View ArticleThe Most Interesting Man In Honolulu
When attorney Jeff Portnoy first came to the Islands four decades ago, he knew nothing about Hawaii — and now just about everyone on Oahu knows his name Who is Jeff Portnoy? Is he the peripatetic...
View ArticleDriving Miss Annie
As president of Hawaii Auto Dealers Association, Aloha Kia owner Bill Van Den Hurk and his faithful companion Annie are looking forward to seeing you at the 2015 First Hawaiian International Auto Show...
View ArticleKickin’ It On The Course
Golfers know all about ‘kick-in’ birdies and ‘foot wedges,’ and now you can do just that without bending the rules at two Oahu courses, where FootGolf is taking off using soccer balls and really big...
View ArticleCrime Stopper
In police work, it is information that feeds the beast. In Hawaii, the one who sets that table is CrimeStoppers and its leader, Sgt. Kim Buffett. Their anonymous tip line allows the public to report...
View ArticleLiberators And The Lost
As Holocaust Remembrance day nears, two honolulu men recall the day they helped liberate prisoners at the Nazis’ Dachau prison camp As time moves pertinaciously forward, as the Greatest Generation...
View ArticleNCIS: Hawaii
He seldom solves a crime in 60 minutes or less like his TV counterparts, but Tony Cox, Special Agent in Charge of Naval Criminal Investigative Service’s Hawaii Field Office, has plenty to keep him...
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