News from the West End and immediately surrounding neighborhoods.
Pillars of Portland: Mary Allen Lindemann By Cameron Autry Providing community gathering places, educating people on social issues, and promoting the arts while remaining profitable may seem... 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
By Tony Zeli, Publisher & Editor Dr. Philip Thompson, a well-known and beloved West End physician, passed away this past June at the age of 102. He spent a lifetime and then some in the... Read more
By Kate Goldfield Just today [August 6th], I made the very disturbing discovery that Local Sprouts, the independent food cooperative at 649 Congress, has closed permanently and suddenly. The... Read more
By Kelly Merrill In the midst of the worst housing crisis Portland has ever seen, the City approved the sale of Bayside Village by Port Property Management on August 13th, without the knowle... Read more
PechaKucha Portland’s 45th show seeks stories of empowerment By Kelly Merrill What is PechaKucha? How do I pronounce PechaKucha? How do I PechaKucha? As far as what it is and how you... Read more
By Cameron Autry Few rights enjoyed in this country are as essential to maintaining democracy as our freedom of speech. Tom Handel, executive director of the Portland Media Center (PMC), und... Read more
MAYOR’S RACE UPDATE In July, Portland City Councilor Justin Costa withdraws from the mayor’s race. In a press release Costa cites personal reasons for quitting the campaign. “We had a death... 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
Leadership – The Story of 2018
THE STORY OF 2018 LEADERSHIP by Tony Zeli A BLUNT INSTRUMENT There is a battle raging at the ballot box betwee...