Waiting for the bus is never a highlight of one’s day. In the winter, waiting for your lift can be outright dangerous. Snow banks and ice limit accessibility. Those waiting for the bus... Read more
Marijuana is already a successful and legal business in Maine. The current medical marijuana law has been developed over fifteen years, as bureaucrats, lawmakers and citizens fought to restr... Read more
There are several contenders to make Maine the first East Coast state to legalize marijuana. The national Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) has discussed plans to place a citizen initiative on... Read more
Over the last week, there have been two incidents in which ice has fallen from buildings on Exchange Street and damaged cars parked on the street. As temperatures begin to rise and melting o... Read more
On Tuesday, March 3rd, the the Maine legislative Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and Health and Human Services heard testimony on Governor Paul LePage’s proposed cuts to pu... Read more
“I was born in Texas and didn’t speak English until I was six or seven and living in a Ohio farming community with my family. “The first book I remember was The Secret Garden by Frances Hodg... Read more
On Saturday, February 28th, a peeping tom was reported on Spruce Street. The report was made via social media application Nextdoor, a program that connects neighbors through email and a smar... Read more
Internet Farmer Jeremy Bloom invited to speak at the next March Against Monsanto… The group Women on 20s would like to see Frances Perkins on the 20 dollar bill… West End Reader Kerry Purvis will travel to Guatemala with Librarians Without Borders… Luke deNatale joins the WEN team as an assignment writer… State Senator Justin Alfond named a “champion” of clean energy by the New England Clean Energy Council… State Rep. Ben Chipman brings a bill to raise the minimum wage in Maine to $10 per hour… Rosanne Graef hosts Of By For house party to support Clean Elections… Councilor Kevin Donoghue publicly states love for Montreal streetscapes… Mayor Brennan hosts Iceland’s Ambassador to the US… Former Homeless Voices for Justice organizer Amy Gallant takes a job advocating with the AARP of Maine… City Public Health workers Kathy Martin and Vaneesa Woodward win ME Dental Assoc award for promoting oral health for kids… Baxter Academy robotics team, the Outliers, rank 3rd in New England… Mama’s Crowbar is about to be be pried out of their space on Munjoy Hill… Susan Hopkins delivering Maine Jewish Film Festival flyers to Local Sprouts… Ian Jacob can’t find bingo on the peninsula… John Flynn from Deering Pavilion wants Harvey Robbins to return to the Merrill Auditorium… Lobster Boat Blockade participant Jay O’Hara will visit Portland to share his story… Rebekah Hawley has joined the ranks of Reiki practitioners… Brentwood St threatened by skunk… WEN Publisher Tony Zeli and Erin Cianchette get engaged… Portland Greens push $15 minimum wage… Next school year high schoolers will be riding the Metro to class… Walker Films produce one minute videos once a day in March… <strong>Jeanette Richelson and T Love Smith get engaged… Dating advice website names Portland as one of the 12 Unexpectedly Perfect Cities to Get Married In…
In late February, the Planning Board voted unanimously, 6-0, to approve zoning changes on the eastern waterfront. This recommendation will now go to the full City Council for consideration.... Read more
Mayor Brennan has been visiting businesses to learn more about their needs. His latest visit was to Peloton Labs on Congress Street at Bramhall Square. The Mayor met a group of entrepreneurs... Read more
