By Mary Alice Scott, PBL Executive Director It’s no secret that local businesses have been hurting for the past year. What you may not know is that many local businesses were on the verge of... Read more
Community Safety Alerts Police Investigating Attack in West End The Portland Police Department is investigating an attack that happened on the night of Wednesday, May 5th around 9:40 p.m. on... Read more
The power of healing plants By Dr. Oren Gersten Plants and herbs are the original medicine used to treat human illness. In fact, many of our modern pharmaceuticals are based on chemicals tha... Read more
National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th, which is the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. Jordynne Copp is a registered nurse at No... Read more
By Pamela Shaw Last year was a mostly fallow year for Harbor View Park. We lost much of the peach crop to a fungus on the leaves. We kept work groups to a minimum, just to keep up with maint... Read more
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
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
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
