News from the West End and immediately surrounding neighborhoods.
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
CONGRESS SQUARE PARK Community Investment in Action By Dela Murphy, Executive Director Friends of Congress Square Park Our public gathering spaces invite people to linger, enjoy shared exper... 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
Whitley Marshall, an American Red Cross blood drive supervisor and co-director of the Barefoot Truth Dance Company, will represent Orr’s Island in the Mrs. Maine-America pageant. Together wi... Read more
By Cameron Autry In June Rosemont Market & Bakery teamed up with Reiche Elementary School to present a new community mural at the bakery’s West End location. Students of the Reiche Schoo... Read more
City Continues to Seek Cold Storage on Waterfront By Tony Zeli, Publisher & Editor On the morning of June 25th, Americold released a statement announcing their withdrawal from the cold s... Read more
Peace Island is an open-world, story-driven adventure game set on a remote Maine island By Tony Zeli Local animator Eric Blumrich is developing a uniquely Maine video game. In Peace Island,... 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...