VOTE TODAY June 14 State Primary Election Information for Portland Voters Vote today, Tuesday, June 14th. Polls open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. Based on your residency, you must vot... Read more
Newsy Musings Resurgam – The Movies Return by Jenny Anastasoff The Movies return to Exchange Street, hopefully bucking a sad trend in our city. Perhaps you missed this humble column last mon... Read more
Plugged sewer main almost ruins Soap Bubble Laundromat. Owner now fears landlord will force a new lease. by Tony Zeli This past winter, after 32 years of serving the West End, the Soap Bubbl... Read more
To run Congress Square Park dozens of volunteers and community input are needed. by Tony Zeli With over 100 events, to run Congress Square Park successfully it takes a community of volunteer... Read more
POLICE BEAT West End Shooting On May 30st Police responded to a West End shooting. At 8:30 p.m. a 48-year-old Portland man was shot outside 146 Chadwick Street. Neighbors reported hearing a... Read more
Memorial Day Parade cancelled due to weather… Deering Oaks Ravine splash pool opens with a newly repainted and textured ravine floor… The Hanging Gardens is first Arabic newspaper in Maine… School Board approves Xavier Botana from Indiana as the next superintendent… Portland Protectors introduce their Bee Safe yard signs at the March Against Monsanto… City eliminates Assistant Bike-Ped Coordinator position and celebrates National Bike to Work Day in Monument Square… West End resident Mel May makes headlines by capturing city workers mixing trash with recyclables… Portland Public Schools named Confucius Classroom and will expand Mandarin classes at Deering and Casco Bay high schools… Christine McHale and out of town guests from the Midwest, Rod and Greg, are the first to sit on the patio at Becky’s this Spring… ServiceWorks volunteers Ron and Ryan turn over the soil for soon to be installed pollinator gardens on York St… Mayor Ethan Strimling rappels down One City Center… Congress Square Redesign Project selected to receive $25,000 NEA Our Town grant… Portland High wins grant to start a steel drum band… Emily Cain and entourage enjoy lunch at Little Tap House before the Democratic State Convention… Circus Maine performs for Worker Appreciation Day… Portland’s newest alt paper WTF hits shelves… India Street patient David Jon Timm collects over 2100 petition signatures calling on the Council to save the clinic… City switches to organic herbicides over chemical Roundup on downtown streets and sidewalks… Raymond Reid starts Wednesday morning Tai Chi Chih/Qigong classes in Congress Square Park… March to save India Street Clinic starts at Lincoln Park former site of Occupy Maine… Spring arrives as Portland Little League starts their 2016 season…
Announcement West End Community Action Network Announces Aging in Place Community Meetings Mon. Jun 6, 6:30 p.m. Tues. Jun 7, 9:00 a.m. Reiche Community Center Dear Fellow West Ender, You ar... Read more
Portland Memorial Day Information and Traffic Advisory Portland Memorial Day events include a parade down Congress Street at 10:30 a.m. and a parade along Stevens Avenue to Evergreen Cemeter... Read more
A donated porcupine sculpture replaces a stolen one at the Jetport. The Portland International Jetport announced that June LaCombe has made a generous donation to restore a popular sculpture... Read more
POLICE BEAT – May 2016 Pedestrian killed in moped accident On May 17th, at approximately 8:35 p.m., Portland Police responded to a serious motor vehicle accident on Brighton Avenue, ne... Read more
