News from the West End and immediately surrounding neighborhoods.
La Vida Local – Irregular Notes on West End Life ’Twas the Season By Rosanne Graef With string lights and electric candles appearing in windows in early October, I realized that 2020’s... Read more
WEST END PLACES FEATURE Western Cemetery in Need of Love & Attention One could consider the western cemetery the poor relation of the public cemeteries in Portland By Harlan Baker One re... Read more
PORTLAND WINTER STORM SERVICES All the info you need to survive city life this winter Heading into the winter storm season, the City of Portland would like to remind residents of winter stor... Read more
By Tony Zeli Throughout the Stay at Home orders, outdoor exercise has remained a viable option for getting out and about. But the state recommends recreating near home. Luckily, more than ni... Read more
LA VIDA LOCALIrregular Notes on West End Life Ever Onward: The Important Dates of December from Earliest Sunrise to Winter Solstice By Rosanne Graef There are some exciting events coming up... Read more
Munjoy Hill Development Not Affordable As residents of Munjoy Hill, we feel compelled to clarify the picture of the development at 128R North Street, as described in the article, “Munjoy Hil... Read more
The West End News came together with volunteers from the neighborhood over Thanksgiving weekend to create a temporary memorial remembering those we have lost to Covid-19. Hundreds of handwri... Read more
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
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