WEN FEATURED NONPROFIT Greater Portland Family Promise Greater Portland Family Promise (GPFP) serves children and families who are experiencing homelessness. The 151-bed Portland Family Shel... 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
A Saving Grace for Women in Recovery By Melissa Skahan Substance Use Disorder is a crisis that affects all of us—directly or indirectly. In fact, it’s a disease that claimed the lives of mor... Read more
PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL ELECTION Millennials Compete for District 2 By Tony Zeli, Publisher & Editor The two candidates competing to represent Portland City Council District 2 are both dec... Read more
PORTLAND SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION Neighborhood School Advocates Seek Open Seat By Tony Zeli, Publisher & Editor District 2 Board of Public Education member Holly Seeliger will not seek a th... Read more
By Tony Zeli, Publisher & Editor Though it is not inaccurate to say that the behemoth hospital building on State Street is up for sale, Mercy President Charlie Therrien says this process... Read more
WEN FEATURED NONPROFIT The Root Cellar OUR ROOTS… The Root Cellar was started 35 years ago on Munjoy Hill by a small Mennonite church. The community converted their ramshackle basement (or t... Read more
By Mary Alice Scott, PBL Executive Director On October 4th, Portland Buy Local (PBL) celebrated the local business community at its annual “Indie Biz Awards.” Each year, we honor the... Read more
By Cameron Autry A new public private partnership has landed Portland on the forefront of the emerging market of self-driving cars. The state’s largest city will be one of seven participants... 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