Road Painting III By Nancy Dwyer
By James Weatherford, Ph.D
Inevitably, when discussion turns to what to do to make life better in Puna, the Keaau-Pahoa Road is mentioned. Throughout the Puna Community Development Plan this road has been a point of concern. Rightly so. There is [...]
(Media release) — Hawaii County Council Vice Chair Emily I. Naeole-Beason announced this week the Council District 5 office will be moving into the Pahoa Elections Division office in the Pahoa Marketplace in Pahoa on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.
The Pahoa office of the Elections Division [...]
(media release) — Free food and community resource fairs for the homeless will be held at the large pavilion of the Wailoa State Park in Hilo from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 and at the Pahoa Neighborhood Facility from 2 p.m. to 5p.m., Friday, Nov. 20, [...]
I know L&L Pahoa meant well with their sign… But I think they meant $5.00 Carving fee.
When I envision the word “Chopping” around a turkey… this is the image I come up with:
Posted in Comedy, Food & Drink Tagged: Carving a Turkey, Chopping a Turkey [...] 
The first person to identify the spelling error in these “Requirements for Operation” posted at the Kilohana Hunter Check-in Station gets 10 percent of his or her next purchase at Jeff Hunt Surfboards in Pahoa.
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(Media release) — Be part of the Eruption of Domestic Harmony in Pahoa, flowing between Pahoa Village Café, and the Pahoa Village Museum, featuring music, guest speakers, pupus and pot luck on Wednesday, between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m., Nov. 11, [...] 
(A version of this story appears in the Nov. 4, 2009 edition of the Big Island Weekly.)
By Tiffany Edwards Hunt
The darkening sky highlights the stream of headlights that stretch along Highway 130 from the Humane Society to the Kea’au High School football stadium. It’s the evening [...]
Make a Smilebox postcard
Among us was a mermaid, a leopard, batwoman, spiderman, Jasmine, Snow White, the alphabet, and a baby octopus. Our team of trick-or-treaters hit old Pahoa Town, the littlest ones by [...]
Compost bin image courtesy of the Leicestershire County Council
From www.hawaiizerowaste.org:
Composting Workshops
10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009
Locations: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Cooper Center – Volcano Village
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. at the Pāhoa Feed & Fertilizer
Cost [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Announcements, Big Island, Community, Economy, Entertainment, Pahoa, Puna, Sustainable Living Tagged: Puna Sustainability Expo [...] 
I was just trying to get a picture of the guy taking down the crosses from when the Father Damien “Relic” was in Pahoa… and a long came a farmer…
Posted in Blogs [...] 
Roundabout image courtesy of Aaron Wong
A Kea’au-Pahoa Advisory Group meeting is slated for 5:45 p.m., tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 at the Kea’au Elementary School Cafeteria. The guest speaker is Michael Wallwork, said to be a leading expert on using roundabouts [...]
I have to wonder what people are thinking sometimes when naming products.
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Pahoa has its share of problems, but kidnapping?
From the Star Bulletin:
Police yesterday charged a 22-year-old Puna man who allegedly tried to kidnap a 16-year-old girl in Pahoa.
Dickenson Nakashima was charged with second-degree unlawful imprisonment. Bail was [...]
