By Dr. Oren Gersten We’re taking a break from Covid news this month (in this column at least) to talk about something a little lighter. I’ll be listing what I believe are the top 5 healthies... Read more
Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Kasandra Thach, a core leader for Maine Youth Justice and the fou... Read more
WENA Urges Neighbors to Weigh In The WENA Board is writing today to alert our West End neighbors and other members of the public who may be unaware of the proposed elimination of the Metro B... Read more
By Tony Zeli The Greater Portland Metro is updating its bus routes and proposing a new bi-directional circulator route for the Portland peninsula. The goal is faster service and greater freq... Read more
WEST END PEOPLE The Rise and Fall of the Pine Street Theatre In the spring of 1988 the building on the corner of Pine and Brackett Streets, which is now Bonobo Pizza, almost became a theatre... Read more
Screening for Colon Cancer By Christopher Kleeman, MD Colon cancer remains the 3rd most common and 3rd most deadly cancer in the U.S., with over 140,000 people diagnosed each year and over 5... Read more
By Mary Alice Scott As March unfolds in Maine, we have occasional days of warmer weather – a glimpse into the future that spring holds. During the day, the sun melts the remaining snow piles... Read more
La Vida LocalIrregular Notes on West End Life By Rosanne Graef Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking Who would have thought that in the midst of a pandemic, with the death knell for print med... Read more
Layne’s Wine Gig WEN AT 20: Thoughts on food and wine By Layne V. Witherell The tourist is led; the traveler seeks. -Todd Kliman, food critic We have lived in the West End long enough to try... Read more
Save the 8 – METRO proposes changes to the Peninsula Loop
La Vida LocalIrregular Notes on West End Life By Rosanne Graef Save the 8! Bus riders who travel the peninsula are undoubtedly familiar with Metro’s Route 8, a.k.a. the Peninsula Loop.... Read more