News from the West End and immediately surrounding neighborhoods.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS BRIEF Munjoy Hill Affordable Housing Eight Munjoy Hill residents, fed up with soaring housing prices, are fighting back with a non-traditional housing development in Portla... Read more
CUMBERLAND COUNTY COVID-19 MEMORIAL Fri. & Sat., Nov. 27-28, 7am–7pm, Longfellow Square The West End News is teaming up with neighbors to create a temporary memorial for Cumberland Count... Read more
La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life What a Pile of Trash! By Rosanne Graef By the time you read this, the 2020 elections will finally be history. But much of the physical detritu... Read more
Woman Assaulted and Another Followed in West End Police are investigating two incidents that occurred an hour apart and within a few blocks of each other in Portland’s West End neighborhood.... Read more
La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Just Thinking Out Loud By Rosanne Graef Months B.C. (Before Covid-19), the City of Portland hired a University of New Hampshire team to determ... Read more
By Tony Zeli Updated 10/23/2020 Voters have mostly made up their minds in 2020, right? Two national polls of voters in September showed only 3% of likely voters were undecided in the Preside... Read more
By Tony Zeli Portland voters will decide on six local ballot question measures this November. Five of six questions are being raised by People First Portland, a local volunteer-based progres... Read more
By Tony Zeli More people are requesting absentee ballots than ever before. In fact, the city clerk in Portland handles up to 600 absentee ballot requests per day. Meanwhile, national headlin... Read more
During the coronavirus pandemic, Portland election officials are trying to ensure everyone, whether you want to vote absentee or in person, can do so safely. Do you need to register? Portlan... Read more
Spare the Woodman’s Axe Heritage Tree Ordinance to Protect Urban Trees By Tony Zeli A new ordinance in the City of Portland makes it harder for private property owners to chop down lar... Read more
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...