Pesticide Ordinance Draft Borrows Language from Industry Lobby by Bridget Chase Portland’s Fertilizer and Pesticide Task Force met once during the month of October. The meeting had a promisi... Read more
MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK by Tony Zeli Has the presidential election got you down? Do you yearn for a political process where different views are respected, speeches are more than just rhetorica... Read more
Jill Stein is a protest candidate … and that is nothing new by Tony Zeli It is not often that a community paper like the West End News receives a one-on-one interview with a presidenti... Read more
La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Take Time to Read the Referendum Questions by Rosanne Graef, Past President – WENA Today’s Topic: The Referenda of November 8, 2016 Comp... Read more
South Portland Pesticide Ordinance Clarifies Charge of Portland Pesticide Task Force by Bridget Chase The passage of the South Portland pesticide ordinance in early September removes a conce... Read more
Reduce your use of fertilizers using these fall lawn care tips by Bridget Chase How you treat your yard this fall will impact Casco Bay, a defining natural feature of the Portland area and t... Read more
A Personal Account of Millennial Food Insecurity by Autumn Minery Editor’s Note: One of two companion pieces by millennial authors on the topic of food insecurity. Recent graduate Autu... Read more
Food Security and Clean Drinking Are Inseparable by Bryer Sousa In our companion articles, Autumn Minery and I reflect upon our adolescence, since adolescence was when food security, better... Read more
Rescued food is how one local nonprofit is battling hunger. by Tony Zeli “There is so much food… I don’t know if it’s about not having food,” says Mary Zwolinski of food insecurity in Portla... Read more
Hillary Clinton, Not Jill Stein, in 2016
The progressive case for Hillary Clinton over Green Jill Stein by Wells Lyons When I was 18, I thought I had the world all figured out. I was working at Amnesty International’s DC offi... Read more