Kevin Donoghue joins the Public Transit Advisory Committee at the Department of Transportation… Publisher Tony Zeli visits Jamaica’s West End… Brendan Evans of Strange Maine says Nintendo 64 is hot this holiday season… Veteran board member Marnie Morrione is appointed school board chair for 2016… Nearly 1,000 attend a rally in support of refugees in Monument Square… St. Patrick’s church is demolished to make room for a Jewish community center… Hundreds of King students march for climate action… Stolen hard cider truck crashes into a Limerick barn, Sandy Amborn swears it wasn’t her… Candlelight vigil held for Colorado Springs in Monument Square… Jacqui Deveneau goes down in history as one of the last customers in the old Joe’s Smoke Shop…
The City is launching the rental housing registration process that requires landlords to register their rental properties and pay a $35 fee per unit by January 1st, 2016. The registration fe... Read more
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
