Tony Zeli Articles 638
Tony Zeli has been publisher and editor of The West End News since 2014. He has a background in media, advocacy, and community organizing. Contact him at thewestendnews@gmail.com.
AMOS FARM: Compost II by Christian Torp I said we had to work on the environment because it is now or never. If you look ahead 10 years, you project population growth, car growth, and that m... Read more
Interview with The Soapbox’s Eric Poulin Originally posted on February 6, 2015 West End News Editor Tony Zeli sat down with Eric Poulin host of WMPG’s The Soapbox at our offices on Bramhall... Read more
$25,000 of synthetic pesticides spread on Riverside Golf Course each year A community group Portland Protectors released a report outlining the quantity, costs and types of synthetic pestici... Read more
New Faces at City Hall: Get To Know Mayor Ethan Strimling by Tony Zeli WEN Editor Tony Zeli had a chance to interview new Mayor Ethan Strimling shortly after his successful campaign to unsea... Read more
Group Pushes for School Infrastructure Bond to Improve Elementary Schools The Public Works department fenced off the Clark Street entrance to the ramp at Reiche Elementary. The ramp provides... Read more
Empty Storefronts Among Businesses Awarded Facade Improvement Funds Three storefronts and a marquis on Congress Street will be awarded grants from the City’s Façade Improvement Program. The... Read more
by Emilia Scheemaker It’s hard to miss the construction going on at Deering Oaks Park. Backhoes and excavators have taken up residence in the park as they work to rebuild the bottom of the p... Read more
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree is tackling an issue that has long gone overlooked; food waste. On December 7th, Pingree introduced a bill in Congress that took aim at reducing the amount of w... Read more
Kevin Donoghue joins the Public Transit Advisory Committee at the Department of Transportation… Publisher Tony Zeli visits Jamaica’s West End… Brendan Evans of Strange Maine says Nintendo 64 is hot this holiday season… Veteran board member Marnie Morrione is appointed school board chair for 2016… Nearly 1,000 attend a rally in support of refugees in Monument Square… St. Patrick’s church is demolished to make room for a Jewish community center… Hundreds of King students march for climate action… Stolen hard cider truck crashes into a Limerick barn, Sandy Amborn swears it wasn’t her… Candlelight vigil held for Colorado Springs in Monument Square… Jacqui Deveneau goes down in history as one of the last customers in the old Joe’s Smoke Shop…
LePage’s Words Are Illegal
LePage’s Words Aren’t Just Irresponsible, They’re Illegal by Wells Lyons “I tell ya, everybody in Maine, we have constitutional carry. Load up and get rid of the drug dealers. Because they’r... Read more