News from the West End and immediately surrounding neighborhoods.
Holly Seeliger faces media scrutiny, but continues work on School Board by Tony Zeli June kept West End School Board Member Holly Seeliger busy answering calls from the media. Both the “Port... Read more
Sustainability Committee has Portland’s Draft Pesticide Ordinance on Fast Track by Bridget Chase The Sustainability and Transportation Committee began the process of reviewing the draft pest... Read more
Portland Protectors Support South Portland Ordinance by Tony Zeli Portland Protectors is a local group that promotes organic land care practices. In a press release, they call a draft pestic... Read more
POLICE BEAT UPDATE: Preble Street Shooting Arrest Made Portland Police arrested a man in connection with the shooting of 39-year-old Russell Solak that occurred on Preble Street on May 30th.... Read more
Water Safety Top Priority for Local Group by Tony Zeli I sit to write on Memorial Day. A front-page headline in the Press Herald tells a story of death on the water. On Saturday afternoon, M... Read more
West End People Dr. Philip Thompson – 100 Years in the West End by Tony Zeli, with Rosanne Graef Dr. Philip Thompson has spent a lifetime and then some in the West End. He celebrated h... Read more
Bayside’s Postwar Blues by Tony Taylor “There’s been a widespread perception around here that Bayside was simply ignored architecturally because it was working class. For a lot of the time i... Read more
POLICE BEAT Portland High School Student Assaulted on Oxford Street An 18-year-old Portland High School student was assaulted just before 10:30 a.m. on May 26th, near Oxford Street and Chest... Read more
Police Beat Portland Police arrested a 17 year-old Portland youth for Criminal Threatening with a Dangerous Weapon, Aggravated Trafficking in Scheduled Drug (Crack Cocaine), Carrying a Conce... Read more
by Tony Zeli The Fore River is polluted with excessive nitrogen. So much so that in 2015, Friends of Casco Bay issued a report that listed Upper Fore River, in the Stroudwater area, as being... Read more