On Monday, December 7th, at 8:53 a.m. a suspicious package was discovered in the lobby of the office building located at 100 Middle Street. Middle Street from Franklin Street to Pearl Street... Read more
Chrystal Wing will be teaching two writing courses through Portland Adult Education at Reiche Community Center. Write an Autobiographical Mosaic starts January 5th, 6 to 8 p.m., and will foc... Read more
by Tony Zeli WEN Editor Tony Zeli had the opportunity over the busy holiday season to interview by email new West End/Parkside District 2 Councilor Spencer Thibodeau. Spencer was asked what... Read more
by Tony Zeli The big Thanksgiving meal is done. The leftovers have moved their way to the back of your fridge. Stuff yourself as much as you like, but some of those leftovers have already go... Read more
by Tony Zeli It isn’t easy being a small business owner anywhere. But to survive in the Old Port for over 40 years is truly a feat that requires perseverance. Born and raised in the West End... Read more
The City is enforcing a new ordinance for bicycles that have been locked and left on public property. In efforts to clear public spaces of abandoned bikes, and to create space on bike racks,... Read more
On Monday, November 30th two residents on Sherwood Street reported being robbed in their apartment. According to the police report three black males snuck into the apartment through an unloc... Read more
by Leo Knighton Tallarico In the global picture, there were many explosive events that shook up our world in November. We let you know last issue that there would be important world events i... Read more
by Luke deNatale A fire severely damaged the back of an apartment building and claimed the life of a pet dog on Saturday, November 2nd. The building, which is located at 165 Brackett Street... Read more
Local game inventors are now selling their PBL Robots card game in stores as far away as California and North Dakota… Needle drop-off boxes at Peppermint, Deering Oaks and York Street parks have only collected 1 or 2 needles per week, and the one in Deering Oaks was broken into… Crystal Cron named new chair of Portland Greens… Deering High senior Ibrahim Shkara and Telling Room Executive Director Heather Davis accept award from Michelle Obama at the White House for an after school literary program… Department of Public Services gets its named changed back to Department of Public Works… Portland Area Youth Soccer enters playoffs ranked 16 out of 19 teams and goes on to win Girls State Championship… Rob Korobkin lives up to his promise to have fun if he didn’t win the election, and is spotted enjoying Viva and the Reinforcements at the Razzle Dazzle Ball… Diane Russell puts out the call, Preble Street is 195 turkeys short and needs your donation… Spencer Thibodeau tries to attend his first WENA meeting as Councilor-elect, but shows up on the wrong day… Bubba’s Sulky Lounge named 7th best dive bar in America by The Daily Meal blog… Clean water and clean air advocate Ivy Frignoca hired to be the next Casco Baykeeper… WMPG goes off air for most of the day for tower repairs… Bracket Street Vet has received reports of coyotes living around the Western Cemetery… York becomes first town in Maine to completely ban single-use plastic shopping bags… Maine Farm and Sea Cooperative turns in proposal to provide 30% local food for the UMaine food services contract… Portland Schools add 1-hour delay option to storm day procedures… Chellie Pingree helps local craft brewers fight the merger of Anheuser-Busch and Miller… Portland School District wants everyone to know they have NOT endorsed Question 2…
