Lahaina residents worry a rebuilt Maui town could slip into the hands of affluent outsiders

Audrey McAvoy / Associated Press Richy Palalay, who was born and raised in the Hawai‘i town of Lahaina on the island of Maui, shows his “Lahaina Grown” tattoo at an evacuation shelter in Wailuku, Hawai‘i, on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023.

LAHAINA, Hawai‘i — Richy Palalay so closely identifies with his Maui hometown that he had a tattoo artist permanently ink “Lahaina Grown” on his forearms when he was 16.

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