News from the West End and immediately surrounding neighborhoods.
By Pamela Shaw On Sunday, April 29th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., volunteers will be back at work on the “Edible Hillside” at Harbor View Park for the first Planting Day of 2018, supported by th... Read more
State St. Sewer Work and Maine Med Expansion Likely to Overlap Portland Public Works alerts residents that the State Street combined sewer separation project resumes in early April. The curr... Read more
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Leaf Blowers Please Be Considerate I (along with everyone else) am looking forward to spring. The only downside is those leaf blowers the West End residents bring out an... Read more
By Tony Zeli, Publisher & Editor In February and March, the City of Portland, Greater Portland Landmarks, and Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization met with residents in a series of two... Read more
Designing a Vision for Bramhall Square
by Tony Zeli Historic Bramhall Square Site of the first federal execution (of Thomas Bird in 1790), today Bramhall Square is an oft forgotten public space at the intersection of the West End... Read more
THE BOOK NOOK Mysteries – Get Started on a New Series by Nina Sachs, MLIS Mysteries. We shelve these separate from fiction, at the very beginning of the adult collection. They deserve the di... Read more
500 Window Dressers Insulating Inserts Ordered by Elissa Armstrong This summer Window Dressers volunteers from West End Neighborhood Association (WENA) and Portland Climate Action Team measu... Read more
by Nina Sachs, MLIS When I was 12, I was confident that the only people who had a larger English vocabulary than I were my mom and William F. Buckley. And yes, I was really that obnox... Read more
Editor’s Note: WEN Volunteer Contributor Bridget Chase, 58, of Pine Street, Portland, passed away on August 7th, of late complications due to treatment of Hodgkin’s lymphoma as a teen.... 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 between the haves and the have-nots. Look at the issues addressed by referendum ques... Read more