West Ender Will Nelligan checks out the latest West End
NEWS in front of the University of Chicago's Rockefeller
Chapel, after his admissions interview there. He’s a high
school junior, and was accepted into their prestigious
summer program for this June and July. He will be taking a
course called "American Law and Litigation" with a real
University of Chicago law professor (not presidential hopeful
Senator Barack Obama though), which will end with a three-
day moot court proceeding in the United States Federal Court
of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. 7-2-08
NEWS in front of the University of Chicago's Rockefeller
Chapel, after his admissions interview there. He’s a high
school junior, and was accepted into their prestigious
summer program for this June and July. He will be taking a
course called "American Law and Litigation" with a real
University of Chicago law professor (not presidential hopeful
Senator Barack Obama though), which will end with a three-
day moot court proceeding in the United States Federal Court
of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. 7-2-08
West End residents and co-workers at Portland West,
Crystal Barone and Amy Klodzinski, climbing a mountain
near Juneau, Alaska with the all-important West End
NEWS in hand. 7-30-08
Crystal Barone and Amy Klodzinski, climbing a mountain
near Juneau, Alaska with the all-important West End
NEWS in hand. 7-30-08
West End NEWS aficionado Dugan
Murphy, crossing the Ohio River on
the Anderson Ferry from
Constance, Kentucky to Cincinnati,
Ohio. The Anderson Ferry is a
national historic landmark and has
been running continuously since
1817! Cyclists pay $1 and
pedestrians pay 50 cents.
http://www.andersonferry.org/
Dugan, who has landed an
internship in Boston for the fall, is
totally gonna be in Portland like
every weekend from September
through the end of December! You
can look forward to running into
himat Strange Maine and the Station
A Post Office soon. 8-27-08
Murphy, crossing the Ohio River on
the Anderson Ferry from
Constance, Kentucky to Cincinnati,
Ohio. The Anderson Ferry is a
national historic landmark and has
been running continuously since
1817! Cyclists pay $1 and
pedestrians pay 50 cents.
http://www.andersonferry.org/
Dugan, who has landed an
internship in Boston for the fall, is
totally gonna be in Portland like
every weekend from September
through the end of December! You
can look forward to running into
himat Strange Maine and the Station
A Post Office soon. 8-27-08
Bayside resident Steve Hirshon
was the envy of all the other
passengers aboard the
northbound No. 4 Woodlawn
Express to Yankee Stadium on
August 31st. He was the only
one on the crowded subway car
lucky enough to have brought
along a copy of the West End
NEWS to make the ride a little
cheerier. He was cheery on the
way home too, as the Yankees
got beat by the Toronto Blue
Jays, in one of the last games in
the fabled ballpark in the Bronx.
9-10-08
was the envy of all the other
passengers aboard the
northbound No. 4 Woodlawn
Express to Yankee Stadium on
August 31st. He was the only
one on the crowded subway car
lucky enough to have brought
along a copy of the West End
NEWS to make the ride a little
cheerier. He was cheery on the
way home too, as the Yankees
got beat by the Toronto Blue
Jays, in one of the last games in
the fabled ballpark in the Bronx.
9-10-08
WEN Goes to the Races!
Jim Kaleta, Team NASCAT’s member Klay
Brewer, and former Eastern Wrestling Association
Title Holder “Tasty” Adam Hastey brought along
The West End NEWS to the NASCAR Sprint Cup
race at Loudon, NH on September 14, 2008.
Shortly after this photo was taken, Presidential
hopeful Senator John McCain was introduced and
booed almost as loudly as villain Kyle Busch, who
started on the pole (i.e., first) and finished 34th
due to engine troubles.
Attending his first NASCAR event, West End
resident Hastey was cheering on the Berlin City
Auto Group’s #10 Dodge driven by Quebec
native, Patrick Carpentier. Carpentier started the
race toward the back of the pack at 39th, went a
lap down early on in the race and got into Robby
Gordon on lap 284 to finish 31st. The race at
Loudon is the first of 10 races in the Sprint Cup’s
Race for the Chase Championship. Animal
welfare supporter Greg Biffle was the winner.
Photo by Hilda Taylor 10-1-08
Jim Kaleta, Team NASCAT’s member Klay
Brewer, and former Eastern Wrestling Association
Title Holder “Tasty” Adam Hastey brought along
The West End NEWS to the NASCAR Sprint Cup
race at Loudon, NH on September 14, 2008.
Shortly after this photo was taken, Presidential
hopeful Senator John McCain was introduced and
booed almost as loudly as villain Kyle Busch, who
started on the pole (i.e., first) and finished 34th
due to engine troubles.
Attending his first NASCAR event, West End
resident Hastey was cheering on the Berlin City
Auto Group’s #10 Dodge driven by Quebec
native, Patrick Carpentier. Carpentier started the
race toward the back of the pack at 39th, went a
lap down early on in the race and got into Robby
Gordon on lap 284 to finish 31st. The race at
Loudon is the first of 10 races in the Sprint Cup’s
Race for the Chase Championship. Animal
welfare supporter Greg Biffle was the winner.
Photo by Hilda Taylor 10-1-08
Pine Street resident Matthew Vincent and friend Joe
Carter with the West End NEWS in front of the Dome
of the Rock in Jerusalem. 10-12-08
Carter with the West End NEWS in front of the Dome
of the Rock in Jerusalem. 10-12-08
East End resident Daisy Wilson spent at least one lazy day in St.
John,. US Virgin Islands, musing over what was going on back
home. 10-18-08
John,. US Virgin Islands, musing over what was going on back
home. 10-18-08
West Ender Rita Spinella Olsen shares her West End NEWS with Emmy
Award-winning journalist, author and TV personality Anderson Cooper during the
Democratic National Convention in Denver in August. Rita said Cooper was sweet to
allow her to pose with him, but she just couldn't get him to "bend" to look at the
paper. "He was a little stiff," she said.
Award-winning journalist, author and TV personality Anderson Cooper during the
Democratic National Convention in Denver in August. Rita said Cooper was sweet to
allow her to pose with him, but she just couldn't get him to "bend" to look at the
paper. "He was a little stiff," she said.
Contributed Photo
Lesley MacVane and Roger Berleget some
warm news from home while visiting Churchill
Manitoba, Canada -The Polar Bear Capitol of
the World. There are about 15,000 polar bears
in northern Canada, and it is estimated that
about 1,200 of them pass by or through the
town of 1100 people in the fall (September to
November).
According to athropolis.com, the Web Site of
the Throps and the Squallhoots (and all things
COLD, ICY and ARCTIC )the town is located
where the Churchill River flows into the Hudson
Bay, and the bears gather there, waiting for the
ice to freeze so they can start hunting for seals
- and get their first good meal in months!
Hungry bears are dangerous, and that can
create some problems for people in Churchill.
They used to shoot the troublesome bears, but
now there is a 24-hour Polar Bear Alert
Program to keep track of intruders, and they
have a bear jail where offenders are locked up
until the bay freezes over.
If the jail gets full, pesky bears are trapped -
then flown out of town by helicopter and
released where they won't cause trouble.
Lesley MacVane and Roger Berleget some
warm news from home while visiting Churchill
Manitoba, Canada -The Polar Bear Capitol of
the World. There are about 15,000 polar bears
in northern Canada, and it is estimated that
about 1,200 of them pass by or through the
town of 1100 people in the fall (September to
November).
According to athropolis.com, the Web Site of
the Throps and the Squallhoots (and all things
COLD, ICY and ARCTIC )the town is located
where the Churchill River flows into the Hudson
Bay, and the bears gather there, waiting for the
ice to freeze so they can start hunting for seals
- and get their first good meal in months!
Hungry bears are dangerous, and that can
create some problems for people in Churchill.
They used to shoot the troublesome bears, but
now there is a 24-hour Polar Bear Alert
Program to keep track of intruders, and they
have a bear jail where offenders are locked up
until the bay freezes over.
If the jail gets full, pesky bears are trapped -
then flown out of town by helicopter and
released where they won't cause trouble.
Munjoy Hill resident Betsy
Handley reading the WEN
during a break in Machu
Picchu, Peru.
1-8-09 Photo by Eric Handley
Handley reading the WEN
during a break in Machu
Picchu, Peru.
1-8-09 Photo by Eric Handley