News from the West End and immediately surrounding neighborhoods.
By Nancy English With dedicated rent control staff and going on five years of experience, City of Portland landlords and tenants are gaining clarity on how to navigate its rent control ordin... Read more
By John Johnson On January 8th, Western Cemetery was approved by Portland’s Historic Preservation Board for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Western Cemetery will j... Read more
By Nancy English Two projects, both still in various phases on the drawing board, could remake the blocks of West Bayside between Preble Street and Pearl, Lancaster and Cumberland, now mostl... Read more
By Tony Zeli Here comes winter! That means winter parking bans, snow removal rules to follow, and sand and salt to spread. Here’s your need-to-know to survive the winter in Portland th... Read more
Making RipplesShop Indie Local this Holiday Season (and all the time!) By Tony Zeli Shop Indie Local is a campaign of the American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) that works to increas... Read more
City News Brief With ReCode approved, City Council passes the first comprehensive rewrite of City’s land use code and zoning map in more than 50 years The City’s ReCode effort was unan... Read more
Wes Pelletier Wins – Portland District Two City Council Results By Tony Zeli Wes Pelletier stands victorious in Portland’s second district city council race. District 2 represent... Read more
By Tony Zeli Here are the Portland election results for city council, school board, and municipal ballot questions. Democrats won a clean sweep of the city’s state legistlative distric... Read more
Stewards of the Western Cemetery thank the community for their support By Jonathan P. Monro Your fiscal and physical support, dear readers, has made this a breakthrough year for rehabilitati... Read more
West End’s Clark Street Park gets new equipment, a playhouse, and dinosaur mural By Rosanne Graef One of the West End’s small neighborhood parks gets a gigantic makeover. Welcome... Read more