News from the West End and immediately surrounding neighborhoods.
by Tony Taylor As a teenage student of architectural history in late 60’s Connecticut, I remember my excitement at finding and photographing a row of mill houses in Willimantic that had been... Read more
POLICE BEAT Suspicious Death on Temple Street Ruled a Homicide UPDATE: Police Release Sketch to Identify Person of Interest Portland Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a... Read more
La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Back to Learning (And Fun!) at the Reiche Community Room by Rosanne Graef The days are noticeably shorter and you can occasionally feel a litt... Read more
City Announces New Digital Parking Ticket System by Tony Zeli Is this the start of robo-ticketing? Well, not exactly. But, the days of handwriting parking tickets are over for the City of Po... Read more
State Officials Provide Information and Guidance for Mainers in Response to Data Breach at Equifax Following news of a massive file breach at credit reporting agency Equifax, the Bureau of C... Read more
West End People Wells Lyons Starts Resistance Enterprises by Tony Zeli After Trump was elected, former City Council candidate Wells Lyons wanted to vent his frustration. Letters to the edito... Read more
AMERICAN CHESTNUT PLANTING AT HARBOR VIEW PARK by Pamela Shaw The American chestnut was once the most important forest tree in much of the Eastern US. The trees grew fast and tall and produc... Read more
Portland Man Charged in Hate Crime Police arrested 37-year-old Jesse James Taylor of Portland following a disturbance at a Monument Square Restaurant. Workers at Sisters Gourmet Deli called... Read more
Mid-Century Bayside Remembered by Tony Taylor The intersection of Oxford and Elm Streets today is a place one rushes through on the way to somewhere else. Each of its four corners is a parki... Read more
Nonprofit Says West End on Short List for Bikeshare Stations by Tony Zeli Last year, bikeshare advocates founded a nonprofit to pursue a bikeshare program in Portland. West End resident Bria... Read more