Strut on down to Geno’s Rock Club on Valentine’s Day, and for a twelve dollar cover–only ten if you wear red–you will be entertained with dancing, poetry, comedians,... Read more
A West End Gym Celebrates Its First Anniversary in the Community “You will grow into yourself,” personal trainer Eric Hilton told me during a free fitness consultation. Eric is the owner of... Read more
Expect another big year of change in the world this year. Last spring/summer there was a Cardinal Grand Cross formation that included transformational planets Uranus and Pluto. The crisis in... Read more
A letter to Adam Marletta, author of “Capitalism is Killing the Planet” Adam: I’m checking in regarding your recent article, with it’s references to the “Reject Keystone XL-Now!” Rally in Po... Read more
An older gentlemen, Paul, reported an audacious scam to the West End News. One evening while walking around the Bayside neighborhood he was approached by a man who wanted to sell him marijua... Read more
A recent anti-tar sands rally in Portland, urging President Barack Obama to veto Congress’ approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline, demonstrated both the dire urgency of climate ch... Read more
A report released January 16th by NOAA and NASA demonstrates that 2014 was the warmest on record. According to the report, during 2014 the average temperature across global land and ocean su... Read more
Governor LePage and Republican lawmakers in Augusta want to push forward on drug-testing for welfare benefits. If the policy makes it through the rule-making process, then it would require d... Read more
by Rosanne Graef, Past President – WENA Today’s Topic: Parking!!! Just to make things clear from the beginning, this article is not about the larger questions of car ownership and the... Read more
The Agony and the Austerity of Paul LePage
Do not be fooled by Gov. Paul LePage’s faux-populist rhetoric which he adopted in his recent State of the State address. His asinine plan to completely eliminate the state’s inco... Read more