Historic Navy home torn down ADVERTISING Historic Navy home torn down HONOLULU (AP) — The National Park Service says it demolished a historic home at Pearl Harbor without consulting historic preservation authorities as required. Superintendent Jacqueline Ashwell said in an
Historic Navy home torn down
HONOLULU (AP) — The National Park Service says it demolished a historic home at Pearl Harbor without consulting historic preservation authorities as required.
Superintendent Jacqueline Ashwell said in an interview Thursday the Park Service failed to provide appropriate oversight for the project, which began in November.
She says a building similar in style to the original has been built in its place.
The project aims to preserve and restore six bungalows built in the 1920s and ’30s. Ashwell says the Park Service failed to consult the State Historic Preservation Division and the Advisory Council for Historic Preservation to the extent it was supposed to before work began.
Ashwell says wok for the other five bungalows is on hold while a team reviews why this happened and recommends actions so it doesn’t happen again.
Sailor’s remains returning home
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The remains of a New York sailor killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 75 years ago are scheduled to arrive in his upstate hometown for burial.
Alfred Wells, of Syracuse, was 32 when he was among the 429 crew members of the USS Oklahoma killed on Dec. 7, 1941.
His unidentified body was eventually recovered from the ship during World War II and buried with the remains of hundreds of shipmates in a Hawaii cemetery. The U.S. military dug up the remains of the Oklahoma unknowns last year and began the identification process.
The Pentagon announced last week that Wells’ remains had been identified. A coffin bearing his remains is scheduled to arrive at the Syracuse airport late Friday morning.
His funeral service is Saturday followed by burial in a veterans’ cemetery in Syracuse.
NASA announces project to collect data about reefs
COCONUT ISLAND, off Oahu (AP) — NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and reef scientists from around the world announced the launch of a campaign to gather new data about coral reefs like never before.
Using specially designed instruments mounted on high-flying aircraft, the scientists with the project, known as CORAL (Coral Reef Airborne Laboratory) are embarking on a mission to map large swaths of coral around the world in hopes of better understanding how environmental changes are impacting these delicate and important ecosystems.
The researchers hope to discover how environmental forces including ocean warming, acidification and pollution impact coral reefs by creating detailed images of entire reef ecosystems.
Vatican official in Guam amid sex abuse investigation
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — The Vatican administrator appointed to temporarily oversee the Catholic church in Guam has arrived on the island while an investigation is underway into allegations that its archbishop sexually assaulted young boys.
Pope Francis named Archbishop Savio Tai Fai Hon on Monday to take over the Agana archdiocese and he is expected to remain in Guam pending the outcome of the investigation. Church Pastor Monsignor Brigido Arroyo says Hon will lead a prayer meeting Thursday afternoon at Saint Anthony and Saint Victor Church in Tamuning.
Archbishop Anthony Apuron denies sexually assaulting two boys when he was a priest decades ago. Before his demotion Tuesday, he issued a decree declaring an association of Catholics who have been critical of his leadership “prohibited.”
