ROB KOROBKIN FOR CITY COUNCIL I’m asking you to please vote for Rob Korobkin for City Council. With David Marshall leaving the District Two Council seat, we sorely need a Councilor to replac... Read more
WELLS LYONS FOR CITY COUNCIL As a resident of the West End, having lived and attended school in our neighborhood for nearly 20 years, I strongly feel Wells Lyons should be selected as our ne... Read more
by Luke deNatale If you walk along Fore Street, on the sidewalk closest to the water, between Waterville Street and Atlantic Street, you can see Portland Harbor. The view is a bit obstructed... Read more
Okay – it’s 8 am on Tuesday, and you wish you had a mystery you haven’t already read to take on the bus to Boston, or to that appointment with the long and boring wait, but the bookstores an... Read more
by Sam Shain I recently posted to my Facebook page (which on any given day is a hotspot for political and social debate and bantering): I’ve been thinking about ‘patriotism’ lately. Wh... Read more
by Asher Platts While riding my bicycle from a friend’s wedding rehearsal at the First Unitarian Universalist church on Congress Street, I was almost hit by a car. For being almost maimed b... Read more
by Jenny Anastasoff Good day, West End News readers. I may know some of you from Facebook, or the West End Neighborhood Association. My thanks to Tony Zeli for a forum to indulge my Videopor... Read more
MY STORY: English-language learners from Portland Adult Education sharing their stories in their words. We welcome them to Portland. My name, Ubah, means “flower”. My brother gave me my name... Read more
MY STORY: English-language learners from Portland Adult Education sharing their stories in their words. We welcome them to Portland. My name is Nawaf. I am from Iraq. I have three children.... Read more
Do It Big
by Sam Pelletier This year, in Portland, we’re voting on a minimum wage of 15 dollars per hour. Their initiative also significantly raise the wages of tipped workers, who were thoroughly pee... Read more