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Tony Zeli has been publisher and editor of The West End News since 2014. He has a background in media and community organizing. Contact him at thewestendnews@gmail.com.
Portland Buy Local Updates New Leadership Announced Portland Buy Local announced a new slate of officers at the organization’s Annual Meeting, held early in the summer at Rising Tide Brewing... Read more
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Portland Downtown’s Shop for a Cause Day raised $4,500 for the Locker Project to help distribute food at Reiche and other local schools… Water Aerobics class continues every Thursday 8 to 9 am at Reiche pool for only $4.50… Portland Buy Local announces Mary Alice Scott as Executive Director… Penny Stevens demonstrates crocheting for WEN’s Tony Zeli… 75 State Street opens Residents’ Art Gallery on Sundays between 1:30 and 3:30 pm… Portland Paddle leads a solar eclipse kayak tour… Portland Public Library shares eclipse glasses in Monument Square… Portland Monthly Design Director Meaghan Maurice honored as one of FOLIO’s “30 Under 30”… A kitchen fire at Otto Pizza in the Arts District causes water damage and closes the pizzeria for several days… Portland’s first-ever Navy Week begins with a sailor swearing-in led by Mayor Ethan Strimling… Roma Café reopens at Rines Mansion… State Theater begins restoration and illumination of historic marquee… Trattoria Fanny Italian dining on Bramhall Square closes its doors for good… City starts delivering 25,000 new recycling carts and West Enders wonder where to store the giant new containers… Owner-occupied landlords group forms in West End to connect landlords and improve relations with tenants… Marine biologists study habits of great white sharks off the coast of southern Maine…
Portland Conservatory of Music ADULT CONCERT BAND FORMING The Portland Conservatory of Music (PCM) is a non-profit community music school located in the Woodfords Corner neighborhood. PCM h... Read more
AMERICAN CHESTNUT PLANTING AT HARBOR VIEW PARK by Pamela Shaw The American chestnut was once the most important forest tree in much of the Eastern US. The trees grew fast and tall and produc... Read more
Portland Man Charged in Hate Crime Police arrested 37-year-old Jesse James Taylor of Portland following a disturbance at a Monument Square Restaurant. Workers at Sisters Gourmet Deli called... Read more
Shipyard to Donate $20,000, Release Commemorative Cans for 20th Beach to Beacon In honor of the 20th running of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K (held Saturday, August 5th in Cape Elizabeth), Ship... Read more
Mid-Century Bayside Remembered by Tony Taylor The intersection of Oxford and Elm Streets today is a place one rushes through on the way to somewhere else. Each of its four corners is a parki... Read more
UPDATE ON WEST END AGING IN PLACE West End Aging in Place (AIP) organizers have decided to join Portland Area Villages (PAV). PAV is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit and can provide a... Read more
The Maine Crafts Association will present the third annual Portland Fine Craft Show on August 26th, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Congress Street between High and State streets. The show is free... Read more
Forget Vegan: Raising Rabbits
Raising Rabbits Good for the Environment by Christian Torp “if you eat meat, you kill animals, but you also kill them by eating plants.” Claudio Bertonatti -The Vegan Confusion You’re a huma... Read more