La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Civic Contradictions & Confusions in Portland, Maine By Rosanne Graef Most of us like to have some kind of anchors in our lives. Sure, we... Read more
La Vida Local Irregular Notes on West End Life By Rosanne Graef Especially at this time of year, but also when birthdays, graduations, weddings, retirements, and other celebrations put us in... Read more
LA VIDA LOCAL: IRREGULAR NOTES ON WEST END LIFE Why I’m Not Voting for Mayor By Rosanne Graef “It’s like deja vu all over again.” If Yogi Berra were living in today’s Portland, he could well... Read more
La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Whither Forest City? By Rosanne Graef Portland has long had the moniker “Forest City,” but when you look around the city today, especially on... Read more
La Vida Local Irregular Notes on West End Life Sign Up – Sign On By Rosanne Graef Signs are tricky things—too wordy, vague or ironic and they miss their mark. When well done, however,... Read more
LA VIDA LOCAL: IRREGULAR NOTES ON WEST END LIFE By Rosanne Graef I have always enjoyed winter and the one year I spent in a place without the whole shebang of cold, snow, long nights, and sh... Read more
LA VIDA LOCAL – IRREGULAR NOTES ON WEST END LIFE Reiche Community: A.M. Exercise, Monday Evenings Out & More By Rosanne Graef I hope you’ve read some of the WEN articles about Aging in P... Read more
LA VIDA LOCAL: IRREGULAR NOTES ON WEST END LIFE By Rosanne Graef For 41 years, Maine has been blessed by the billboard law that bans off-premises billboards. Its passage resulted in the remo... Read more
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LA VIDA LOCAL: IRREGULAR NOTES ON WEST END LIFE By Rosanne Graef Ready for another round of the battle for the Peninsula, brought to you by the City of Portland? After the fights over Midtow... Read more