Editor’s note: In response to last week’s fire at Kamalani Pavilion, Island History contributor Hank Soboleski decided to reflect on the namesake of Lydgate Park. Born in Canada in 1854 ...

WAILUA — The mass of debris groaned and crunched as wave action gave it life Friday at the Lydgate Park protected pool. “We were here just yesterday, and was swimming in here,” a couple from ...