News Briefs Archives - The West End News

Portland Conservatory of Music’s New Home in Portland’s West End

By Tony Zeli Portland Conservatory of Music is moving to the West End and hopes to start music instruction in...

People should know that Portland (ME) is an outdoorsy city

Despite being situated in the most outdoorsy state in the east and beside the vast wilderness of the Atlantic...

A Future for Reiche Community Center

La Vida LocalIrregular Notes on West End LifeBy Rosanne Graef A Future for Reiche Community Center http:/...

Hour Exchange: Spending Time in Portland

By Eric Fleischmann Since 1971, when its convertibility into any precious metal was suspended, the US dollar h...

Random Thoughts on Gardening, Face Masks, and Portland’s Property Revaluation

La Vida LocalIrregular Notes on West End LifeBy Rosanne Graef Random Thoughts on Gardening, Face Masks,...

How Affordable Health Care Can Fix the Worker Shortage

By Dr. Oren Gersten The big economic news story of the last month has been the worker shortage. As people beco...

Portland Police Investigating Another West End Attack

Community Safety Alert Portland Police Investigating Another Attack in West End Portland Police are investigat...

Analysis: Portland Charter Commission faces far-reaching issues

Political enthusiasm may be too great for the charter commission to take a narrow view of their role By Tony Z...

2 Ways to Support Local Business this Summer

By Mary Alice Scott, PBL Executive Director It’s no secret that local businesses have been hurting for the pas...

Eric Kalala: Interview with entrepreneur/owner of Chez Castel

Eric Kalala: Interview with owner of Chez Castel Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a loc...

Alerts: Attack in West End; High rate of bike thefts

Community Safety Alerts Police Investigating Attack in West End The Portland Police Department is investigatin...

What are you looking for – locally! – to celebrate spring

By Tony Zeli To celebrate spring, we look for ways to get outside and connect with our urban ecology. Portland...

The power of healing plants by Dr. Oren Gersten

The power of healing plants By Dr. Oren Gersten Plants and herbs are the original medicine used to treat human...

Adilah Muhammad: The Third Space and Maine’s Black Cultural Infrastructure

Adilah Muhammad: The Third Place Builds Maine’s Black Cultural Infrastructure Every month PelotonLabs founder...

Build Back Better: Reiche Community Center

La Vida LocalIrregular Notes on West End LifeBy Rosanne Graef Build Back Better: Reiche Community Center The C...

The West End News Garden Survival Guide

Garden Survival Guide Thanks to climate change, even our favorite outdoor activities seem filled with risk. He...

Metro Hits Pause on New Bus Routes

Metro pauses proposal to eliminate Route 8 and create a Portland Peninsula Circulator. Regional transit operat...

Harbor View Park Gets Ready for the Summer Of 2021

By Pamela Shaw Last year was a mostly fallow year for Harbor View Park. We lost much of the peach crop to a fu...

Lead in Portland’s Soils – Free tests for gardeners

Lead in Portland’s Soils Free soil tests for gardeners in Bayside, East Bayside, Parkside, and West End...

Bigger Isn’t Always Better: The success of the independent pharmacy

By Tony Zeli It’s an American mantra: Bigger is better. Anti-trust law in America has privileged the idea of e...

Top 5 Healthiest Beverages According to Dr. Oren Gersten

By Dr. Oren Gersten We’re taking a break from Covid news this month (in this column at least) to talk about so...

Kasandra Thach: Ending youth incarceration and making sure that everyone knows that they have leadership skills and power within them

Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz...

Letters to the Editor – Weighing in on Metro Route 8

WENA Urges Neighbors to Weigh In The WENA Board is writing today to alert our West End neighbors and other mem...

Metro Proposes to Replace Route 8 with New Circulator that Goes Around West End

By Tony Zeli The Greater Portland Metro is updating its bus routes and proposing a new bi-directional circulat...

Save the 8 – METRO proposes changes to the Peninsula Loop

La Vida LocalIrregular Notes on West End Life By Rosanne Graef Save the 8! Bus riders who travel the pen...

The Rise and Fall of the Pine Street Theatre

WEST END PEOPLE The Rise and Fall of the Pine Street Theatre In the spring of 1988 the building on the corner...

Look forward to better days. But for now, stay the course.

By Mary Alice Scott As March unfolds in Maine, we have occasional days of warmer weather – a glimpse into the...

Community Print News: Takes a Licking, Keeps on Ticking

La Vida LocalIrregular Notes on West End Life By Rosanne Graef Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking Who would...

Browntail Moth Update Spring 2021: Problem Reaches Western Prom

Browntail Moth Reaches Western Prom By Tony Zeli The city’s forestry crews first discovered browntail moth web...

MMC Nurses Organize: Democracy in Action

By Dr. Oren Gersten We often think of democracy as something that happens every two to four years when we go t...

Jenny from the Writer’s Block

Writing for a community paper as the neighborhood reinvents itself By Jenny Anastasoff Twenty years ago, Portl...

Kate Sykes: Seeking diverse voices for a new city charter

Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz...

Community Newspaper Celebrates 20 Years

WEN survives despite the decline of print media By Tony Zeli When I took over The West End News in 2014, I’m s...

Is This Any Way to Run a Newspaper?! -By Ed King

By Ed King Previous WEN Publisher & Editor Ed King shares memories from the first years for publication! A...

Emma Holder: Creating connection through fitness & community

Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz...

Stay the Course, West End

La Vida LocalIrregular Notes on West End Life By Rosanne Graef Stay the Course Did you watch the Covid-19 Memo...

Practices for Making the Most of Challenging Years

By Michael Stern For many of us, 2020 was one of the most challenging years of our lives. As we move through 2...

City removes invasive trees on the Western Prom

Goodbye, Norway Maples City removes invasive Norway Maples from the Western Prom, and will return with native...

A physician perspective on health equity

HEALTH CARE COMMENTARY A physician perspective on health equity By Dr. Oren Gersten Equity means considering f...

Video: Portland residents help one another during Covid-19 pandemic

What did I do during the Covid-19 pandemic? Below is a short video of Portland, Maine residents who helped eac...

Western Prom Tree Removal Called ‘Clear Cutting’

Removal of Invasive Trees on Western Prom Concerns Neighbors By Tony Zeli The removal of an invasive species o...

’Twas the Season… for Procrastination

La Vida Local – Irregular Notes on West End Life ’Twas the Season By Rosanne Graef With string lights an...

Find your early winter bliss with a local business!

By Mary Alice Scott In a typical year, January represents a welcome feeling of quiet, a chance to slow down, a...

Western Cemetery in Need of Love & Attention

WEST END PLACES FEATURE Western Cemetery in Need of Love & Attention One could consider the western cemete...

Children’s Museum Installs Exhibits at New Location on Thompson’s Point

Whether you were out walking the Western Prom on Christmas Eve morning to catch some views or dashing down I-2...

All the info you need to survive city life this winter

PORTLAND WINTER STORM SERVICES All the info you need to survive city life this winter Heading into the winter...

Outdoor Exercise in the Winter – Parks & Rec During Covid-19

By Tony Zeli Throughout the Stay at Home orders, outdoor exercise has remained a viable option for getting out...

Ever Onward to Winter Solstice and a New Year

LA VIDA LOCALIrregular Notes on West End Life Ever Onward: The Important Dates of December from Earliest Sunri...

Munjoy Hill Development Not Affordable

Munjoy Hill Development Not Affordable As residents of Munjoy Hill, we feel compelled to clarify the picture o...

Katie Shorey: Starting Up Maine

Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz...

Support Local Business with the Buy Local Gift Guide

By Mary Alice Scott Every year, Portland Buy Local produces an annual gift guide to inspire community members...

The Rule of Nobody

READER OPINION The Rule of Nobody By Zack Barowitz Below, police from twelve law enforcement agencies deploy r...

Turning A Corner… Into A Dark Tunnel – An Astrological Forecast

Perspectives from the SkyAstrological Forecast for December 2020 Turning a Corner… Into a Dark Tunnel By Leo K...

Covid-19 Memorial Held in West End

The West End News came together with volunteers from the neighborhood over Thanksgiving weekend to create a te...

We Need Public Funding for Cultured Meat Research

By Jon Hochschartner Jon Hochschartner is the author of a number of books about animal-rights history. He thin...

Munjoy Hill Residents Team Up to Build Affordable Housing

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS BRIEF Munjoy Hill Affordable Housing Eight Munjoy Hill residents, fed up with soaring housin...

Julian Rowand: Cooperative Housing Builds Equitable Communities

Julian Rowand: Cooperative Housing Builds Equitable Communities Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice inte...

Creative Ideas for All that Campaign Trash

La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life What a Pile of Trash! By Rosanne Graef By the time you read th...

The Banality of Segregation: Why Zoning Matters

Reader Opinion By Zack Barowitz Until recently, there has not been much conversation about how land policy is...

Election Day brings challenges and hope of major transformation

Perspectives from the Sky November 2020 Major Transformation Begins By Leo Knighton Tallarico We are now movin...

Crime Alert: Woman Assaulted and Another Followed in West End

Woman Assaulted and Another Followed in West End Police are investigating two incidents that occurred an hour...

Health Insurance, What Is It Good For?

By Dr. Oren Gersten Insurance is a card in your pocket, health care is a relationship with a doctor you know a...

Just Thinking Out Loud About Community Centers

La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Just Thinking Out Loud By Rosanne Graef Months B.C. (Before Co...

Get to know your city council candidates

By Tony Zeli Updated 10/23/2020 Voters have mostly made up their minds in 2020, right? Two national polls of v...

Portland Ballot Question Guide 2020 – Know your local ballot!

By Tony Zeli Portland voters will decide on six local ballot question measures this November. Five of six ques...

We need elected leaders who will support local businesses

By Mary Alice Scott You’ve probably heard it before. Buying something from a locally-owned, independent busine...

Viva & Andrew Zarro: Keeping the culture alive

Andrew Zarro & VivaKeeping the culture alive Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a commun...

Absentee Ballot in Maine: Your vote is secure

By Tony Zeli More people are requesting absentee ballots than ever before. In fact, the city clerk in Portland...

Voting During Covid: How To Vote Absentee or In Person

During the coronavirus pandemic, Portland election officials are trying to ensure everyone, whether you want t...

Finding Balance as Chaos Battles Order in October’s Astrological Perspective

Perspectives from the Sky – Astrological Forecast October 2020 By Leo Knighton Tallarico October’s astro...

Heritage Tree Ordinance Protects Trees in the Forest City

Spare the Woodman’s Axe Heritage Tree Ordinance to Protect Urban Trees By Tony Zeli A new ordinance in t...

What’s Wrong with Camping?

La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life What’s Wrong with Camping? By Rosanne Graef Homelessness is no...

Supporting small business builds social capital

Home Away from Home By Mary Alice Scott, Portland Buy Local In September 2010, my college roommate and I moved...

Doctors and patients unite! Time to change health care.

By Dr. Oren Gersten As a doctor who has dedicated a career to primary care and public health I have more than...

Jess Falero and Cullen Ryan talk about homelessness

Jess Falero and Cullen Ryan talk about homelessness Every Month Peloton Labs founder Liz Trice interviews a co...

Adaptability is Essential for Uncertain Times

ADAPTABILITY IS ESSENTIAL FOR TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY By Michael Stern Like millions of parents around the countr...

Charter Commission: Time to Fix the Mayor

Editorial by Publisher-Editor Tony Zeli In 2015, I asked a newly elected Mayor Ethan Strimling how he was goin...

Patrick Kiruhura: Asking the right questions to feel connected

Part 2 of 2: Patrick Kiruhura on asking the right questions to feel connected to our neighbors Every Month Pel...

Top 3 Concerns Facing Local Business – By Portland Buy Local

Local Business Survey Reveals Grim Outlook By Mary Alice Scott, Portland Buy Local Every month, I sit down to...

Empathy Across Differences in a Divided Time

What is Empathy? By Michael Stern Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, describes three types of e...

Surviving the Pandemic at the Portland Conservatory of Music

By Jean Murachanian, Portland Conservatory of Music It’s been a crazy year, to say the least, and we continue...

Maine Craft in a Time of Corona

Maine Craft in a Time of Corona An Interview with a Maine Craft Artist By Rosanne Graef My usual summer-time h...

Local Farms & Markets Innovate During a Pandemic

By Tony Zeli Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, interest in local foods was burgeoning. According to the U.S....

Building a New Normal for Local Business

By Mary Alice Scott It feels a little strange (actually, it feels very strange) to be moving towards “normal”...

The Watched Pot

La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life The Watched Pot By Rosanne Graef Although often attributed to...

The Healers: Who owns health care part 3

Who owns health care? Part 3: The Healers By Dr. Oren Gersten Ancient Healers Healing has always been a part o...

Patrick Kiruhura: Creating an environment for all cultures to thrive

Patrick Kiruhura: Creating an environment for all cultures to thrive (Part 1 of 2) Every Month Peloton Labs fo...

Winds of Change brought in by 2 eclipse seasons

Perspectives from the Sky Astrological Forecast for July 2020 with Leo Knighton Tallarico As we enter the seco...

Keep on Keepin’ On – With Some New Twists

La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Keep on Keepin’ On – With Some New Twists By Rosanne Gra...

Silver Linings: Local foods & time to experiment

Tara Treichel of SeaMade Every month Peloton Labs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for the West E...

The insurers and the large health systems

Who owns Health Care? Part 2: The insurers and the large health systems By Dr. Oren Gersten In a Capitalist so...

Covid-19 Customer Conduct – A little help communicating new rules

By Mary Alice Scott As businesses begin to carefully re-open, the challenges they face are immense. Portland B...

Coping with Uncertainty

By Michael Stern The challenging emotions that come along with deep uncertainty in times of transition are an...

Buy Local – A Movement During a Pandemic

By Mary Alice Scott For many years, the Buy Local movement has focused its efforts on communicating the value...

Harbor View Park Spring 2020 Updates

By Pamela Shaw Though we humans may be struggling, spring is on the way in Maine. At Harbor View Park, the pea...

Our Star Magnolia and other Views from the Third Floor

La Vida Local Irregular Notes on West End Life By Rosanne Graef I’ve been spending a lot of time at home latel...

Elementary School Construction Forums Set for May 13 via Zoom

Three successive public forums, to be held via Zoom on Wednesday, May 13, will focus on the design process for...

Maine partners with IDEXX to more than triple its testing capacity

Mills Administration Secures Major COVID-19 Testing Capacity Expansion for Maine Augusta, MAINE – G...

Stefanie Gill of IntWork

Stefanie Gill of IntWork Every Month Peloton Labs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for the West E...

Ready to garden? Avoid the soil lead. Get a free soil test!

TESTING FIRST Some neighborhoods are eligible for free garden soil tests from the Portland Soil Lead Awareness...

Council Repeals Portland’s Stay at Home Order

Portland To Base COVID-19 Response on Governor Mills’ Reopening Plan PORTLAND, Maine — In light of Gove...

Three Retrograde Planets in 4 Days

Perspectives from the Sky Astrological Forecast May 2020 By Leo Knighton Tallarico May and June are transition...

Portland Stay at Home Order Extended to May 18

City Council Extends Stay at Home Emergency Order Until May 18 Requirement for employees to wear face masks be...

Overcoming Election Day Challenges

La Vida Local Irregular Notes on West End Life Updating the Perennial Resolution By Rosanne Graef Okay, I’ve b...

Creative Portland’s Artist Relief Fund… and how you can help

As the City’s official nonprofit arts agency, Creative Portland’s COVID-19 resilience plan is to create and ma...

State of Civil Emergency Extended by Gov. Mills

Governor Mills Extends State of Civil Emergency As Maine Continues to Combat COVID-19 Augusta, MAINE — As the...

Addy Smith-Reiman: Complete your City, Design your Neighborhood

Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for The West End News. This month Liz ca...

Disruption Worse for Local Business than Big Chains

By Mary Alice Scott Writing a column that will be relevant for the whole month of April 2020 feels like an unu...

Dr. Oren on Wellness During Covid-19 Crisis

By Cameron Autry What are the main concerns people should have in terms of catching Covid-19? I would refer pe...

Portland Stay at Home Order Extended to April 27

City Council Adds language regarding suspending evictions; prohibiting short-term rentals PORTLAND, Maine...

City Announces Stay at Home Emergency Order

City of Portland’s Stay at Home Emergency Order Takes Effect Wednesday, March 25 at 5:00 PM Restricts al...

Governor prohibits dine-in service, bans gatherings of more than 10 people

March 18, 2020 Governor Mills Takes Further Steps to Respond to COVID-19 Augusta, MAINE – Under authority...

Portland Announces St. Patrick’s Day Curfew & Other COVID-19 Recommendations

Curfew in effect 6:00 AM to 2:00 AM March 17-18 and then daily from 8:00 PM to 2:00 AM until March 22 PORTLAND...

Whitley Marshall Advances Compassionate Leadership

WEST END PEOPLE Whitley Marshall Advances Compassionate Leadership By Tony Zeli If you could change one thing...

The Health Care Brain Trust

Who owns health care? Part 1: The health care brain trust By Dr. Oren Gersten Humans have always and will alwa...

Northern Light Mercy Hospital Announces Sale of State Street Hospital

UPDATE: MERCY ON THE MOVE Northern Light Mercy Hospital Announces Sale of State Street Hospital Stat...

PelotonPosts – Kym Dakin

Kym Dakin: Training groups to listen with the head, heart, and hands Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice...

C Love Cookie Project

WEN FEATURED NONPROFIT C Love Cookie Project, L3C By Tony Zeli What motivates you to buy a cookie? Most likely...

PechaKucha Portland Announces VISION 20X20

PechaKucha Portland Announces The First PechaKucha Night of a New Decade – VISION 20X20! By Kymberly Dak...

PelotonPosts: Burak Sezen

Burak Sezen PCAX seeking entrepreneurs to help them succeed Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice intervie...

One Longfellow Square ditches bottled water

‘Some things are more important than profit’ By Tony Zeli “If everybody is profiting off it a little bit...

Why I Oppose the Elementary School Reconfiguration

GUEST OPINION By Emily Figdor, District 2 School Board Member I am so honored to serve on the Portland School...

Parking Garage Discontent

Maine Medical Center employee garage on Saint John Street leads to the loss of on-street parking and other con...

Prepping your House to Sell in the Spring Market

By Tom Landry, Benchmark Real Estate Every year, just after school vacation and before the snow starts to melt...

Sea Change Yoga – Featured Nonprofit

Sea Change Yoga Sea Change Yoga brings professional trauma-informed yoga instructors to people who don’t...

An Eventful Day At The Capital

Each week I volunteer on Tuesdays and Thursdays with Maine People’s Alliance to speak with representativ...

Civic Contradictions & Confusions

La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Civic Contradictions & Confusions in Portland, Maine By Ro...

Fred Forsley – Pillars of Portland

Fred Forsley & Shipyard Brewing Co It’s no joke that in some parts of Portland you can throw a rock in any...

Local Economy 2020

Portland Buy Local works with national movement to re-envision the local economy movement By Mary Alice Scott,...

Mike Desjardins – PelotonPosts

Mike Desjardins: How the International Paper strike influenced a software developer to stay politically active...

Striving to Be Idle-Free Portland

By Tony Zeli We’re well into the season of remote starters and the start and scrape, as we all struggle to war...

The Risks Of 5G Technology May Outweigh The Benefits

Around the world, many cities are demanding that the installation of 5g cellphone towers be paused. Residents...

Orlando Delogu and the MCLU

By Cameron Autry Pillars of Portland is a monthly column celebrating local leaders and doers. This month we ce...

The Dearest Gift

La Vida Local Irregular Notes on West End Life By Rosanne Graef Especially at this time of year, but also when...

Carol McGorrill: Maine Angels & Pollinators

Carol McGorrill: Maine Angels & Pollinators Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton...

Community Forum on Reiche Renovation Not Reflective of Community

LETTER TO THE EDITOR On November 6th, the Portland School Department and Harriman Associates held a Community...

Winter Storm Services 2019/2020

During winter storm services, the City of Portland Department of Public Works cares for more than 560 lane mil...

Lori Moses is Advancing Childcare in Maine

By Cameron Autry Pillars of Portland is a monthly column celebrating local leaders and doers. This month we ce...

Portland City Council Hears Testimony On Several Local Issues

Homeless Voices For Justice holds a vigil before the meeting: Monday, November 18 was an eventful night for Po...

Hannah Hamalainen: Sauna is a part of local culture

Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for the West End News. This month Liz ca...

Fall Survival Guide

From leaf collection to parking restrictions, helpful info for every Portlander this fall. By Tony Zeli Whethe...

Todd Glacy: Inspiring People towards Health and Well Being

Todd Glacy: Inspiring People towards Health and Well Being Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interview...

Mary Allen Lindemann isn’t afraid to take a stand

Pillars of Portland: Mary Allen Lindemann By Cameron Autry Providing community gathering places, educating peo...

Portland Buy Local – Leveling the playing field

Leveling the Playing Field By Mary Alice Scott As Portland experiences an unprecedented period of growth and c...

La Vida Local – Why I’m Not Voting for Mayor

LA VIDA LOCAL: IRREGULAR NOTES ON WEST END LIFE Why I’m Not Voting for Mayor By Rosanne Graef “It’s like deja...

Whither Forest City?

La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Whither Forest City? By Rosanne Graef Portland has long had th...

Dr. Philip Thompson: Neighborhood Doctor

By Tony Zeli, Publisher & Editor Dr. Philip Thompson, a well-known and beloved West End physician, passed...

Homage to Local Sprouts

By Kate Goldfield Just today [August 6th], I made the very disturbing discovery that Local Sprouts, the indepe...

BAYSIDE BUYOUT – CITY SELLOUT

By Kelly Merrill In the midst of the worst housing crisis Portland has ever seen, the City approved the sale o...

Naomi Beal: Bringing Passive House building standards to Maine

Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for the West End News. This month Liz ca...

Pecha-What??

PechaKucha Portland’s 45th show seeks stories of empowerment By Kelly Merrill What is PechaKucha? How do...

Back to School & Summer Reading

From back to school supplies to summer reading… Portland Buy Local businesses have you covered By Mary A...

Tom Handel – Free speech keeps community strong

By Cameron Autry Few rights enjoyed in this country are as essential to maintaining democracy as our freedom o...

Kelly Merrill: Illness to Activist

Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for the West End News. This month Liz ca...

Opioid Response Summit

By: Lizzy Handschy, Co-Executive Director Portland Overdose Prevention Society On Monday, July 15th over one t...

Justin Costa Withdraws from Mayor’s Race – Endorses Two Candidates (Hint: Neither is Mayor Ethan Strimling)

MAYOR’S RACE UPDATE In July, Portland City Councilor Justin Costa withdraws from the mayor’s race. In a press...

Stop the Fast Driving!

La Vida Local Irregular Notes on West End Life Sign Up – Sign On By Rosanne Graef Signs are tricky thing...

Justin Hafner: When you build a collaborative team, you can accomplish anything.

Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for the West End News. This month Liz ca...

The Buy Local Movement Today

By Mary Alice Scott As a community, we seem to value local business more than ever before. We recognize that l...

Community Support for Asylum Seekers

By Cameron Autry Last month roughly 300 asylum seekers arrived in Portland. Mostly from the Democratic Republi...

Paul Kendrick Standing Up for Victims

PILLARS OF PORTLAND Paul Kendrick – Standing Up for Victims By Cameron Autry When the truth becomes unpleasant...

Portland Must-Do Summer Fun

By Mary Alice Scott With June’s arrival, fun in the sun is on everyone’s mind. Throughout the year, we encoura...

Wilma & Charles Redman – Pillars of Portland

PILLARS OF PORTLAND Wilma & Charles Redman – Supporting Culture & Community By Cameron Autry “What is...

Sally Trice – Bringing your gifts and skills, getting to know someone, and gaining something new

Every month Peloton Labs co-founder Liz Trice interviews someone from the Peloton community. This month she ca...

Justin Costa to ‘Calm Things Down’

UPDATE: Councilors Justin Costa and Belinda Ray withdraw from mayor’s race. Read more: “Justin Cos...

Kate Snyder: Mayor as Steward

By Tony Zeli Former School Board Chair Kate Snyder has joined the race to be Portland’s next mayor. Snyder ser...

Growing Harbor View Park 2019

By Pamela Shaw The morning after the Harbor View Park Spring Work Day this year, two mallard ducks turned up,...

Making Fares More Fair

METRO proposes higher fares along with new ways to pay and fare caps to create equity. By Cameron Autry The ME...

Now Appearing in Your Neighborhood: Invasive Plants

By Pamela Shaw Some invasive species of plants in our area are old timers, familiar to many, such as Asiatic B...

‘Spring Is Sprung, the Grass Is Riz’

LA VIDA LOCAL: IRREGULAR NOTES ON WEST END LIFE By Rosanne Graef After a couple of April false alarms (during...

John Menario & Urban Renewal

PILLARS OF PORTLAND By Cameron Autry In the history of Portland few people have left an impact as large as tha...

Same Company. Brand New Look. You’re Invited.

From Tom Landry, Realtor® Dear Friends and Neighbors, Benchmark Residential & Investment Real Estate is no...

Seth Musich: A Tale of Two Portlands

Every Month a Peloton member is interviewed for the West End News. This month Peloton’s operations manager Ben...

Buy Local 2019 Directory Release Party!

Portland Buy Local will print 25,000 copies of their popular annual directory of local, independent businesses...

PORTLAND COMMUNITY FREE CLINIC

WEN FEATURED NONPROFIT MAY 2019 The Portland Community Free Clinic started with a backpack and a desk. Nate Ni...

PINGREE SUPPORTS CARBON DIVIDEND BILL

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, representing Maine’s First District in the U. S. House, is cosponsoring the fir...

Tips for Sellers Navigating Multiple Offers

By Tom Landry, Realtor ® The spring selling season has begun. While we help clients buy and sell th...

Reggie Groff, Documentary Filmmaker

Every Month Peloton Labs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for the West End News. This month Liz c...

Where is the Shelter Relocation Going?

By Zack Barowitz One thing that everyone can agree upon is that the Oxford Street Emergency Shelter is overcro...

Belinda Ray Jumps into Mayor’s Race

By Cameron Autry UPDATE: Councilor Belinda Ray withdraws from 2019 mayor’s race. So has Councilor Justin...

Introducing Maine Seaweed Week

By Mary Alice Scott Join us Thursday, April 18th from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Caravan Beads for our next Portland Bu...

Update on Portland Area Villages

The Portland Area Villages Board has been working hard and thanks to our members and volunteers, we have some...

Local Restaurateurs to Open Café at Former Aurora Provisions

By Tony Zeli, Editor A new café is moving to the neighborhood in the former site of Aurora Provisions on Pine...

Figgy Wins Food Network’s ‘Chopped’

By Tony Zeli, Editor Natalie “Figgy” DiBenedetto, chef and owner of Figgy’s on Walker Street in the West End i...

Bogus “Russiagate” Story Finally Implodes

by Adam Marletta Robert Mueller’s long-awaited investigation is finally over and for Democrats it is like waki...

The Democrats are Also Climate Change Deniers

The Portland Phoenix made an excellent selection with their “Tweet of the Week,” for the Feb. 28, 2019 issue....

Your Taxes & the Property Reassessment

By Cameron Autry The City of Portland is conducting its first property reassessment since 2006. Given the shar...

Perfect Time for a Staycation

By Mary Alice Scott When the weather outside is frightful and there is seemingly nothing on the calendar to lo...

Trump’s New Cold War

by Adam Marletta Trump is afraid of the socialist movement. He should be. A scourge is haunting the Trump Whit...

ProsperityME Empowering New Mainers through Financial Education

WEN Featured Nonprofit March 2019 ProsperityME empowers, through education and counseling, members of refugee...

Small Pleasures of Winter

LA VIDA LOCAL: IRREGULAR NOTES ON WEST END LIFE By Rosanne Graef I have always enjoyed winter and the one year...

Spencer Thibodeau First to Annouce for Mayor

By Cameron Autry First published February 2019. Last updated by Editor: 9/4/2019. In January, District 2 City...

‘Cam the Artist’ Paints Away Pain

Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member or artist for the West End News. This mo...

Love Local Month

By Mary Alice Scott As part of our ongoing Shift to Local campaign, we encourage our community to shift 10% of...

Veterans Count Maine

WEN FEATURED NONPROFIT What happens when a veteran comes home from a tour and is without a job, without a plac...

New Snow Removal Rules & Fines

Don’t let winter weather slow you down. To help you get around, the City has revamped its sidewalk snow remova...

Parking Bans & Plowing 2019

For the most recent information please visit: Winter Storm Services 2019/2020. ALL THE INFO YOU NEED – P...

Edible Abundance Next to the 7-11 Parking Lot

Three years of strategic planting and coaxing demonstrate that urban food gardens can grow almost anywhere. By...

Prevention. Action. Change

Every week Liz Trice from PelotonLabs interviews a coworking member. This month she caught up with Clara Porte...

Neighborhood Spirit Alive at The 5 Spot

By Cameron Autry While some celebrate the shifting of Portland from a cozy seaside town to Northern New Englan...

Of Referenda, Moratoria & Fable

LA VIDA LOCAL: IRREGULAR NOTES ON WEST END LIFE By Rosanne Graef Ready for another round of the battle for the...

Be Out, Be Local, Be Healthy

By Mary Alice Scott, PBL Executive Director Portland Buy Local has many health and wellness members who are in...

Bramhall Square Gets New Lights

Pandora LaCasse’s light designs now stretch all the way to Bramhall Square. Thanks to a new public-private par...

Thibodeau, Figdor on Path Forward

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