News from the West End and immediately surrounding neighborhoods.
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
Holly Seeliger faces media scrutiny, but continues work on School Board by Tony Zeli June kept West End School Board Member Holly Seeliger busy answering calls from the media. Both the “Port... Read more
Sustainability Committee has Portland’s Draft Pesticide Ordinance on Fast Track by Bridget Chase The Sustainability and Transportation Committee began the process of reviewing the draft pest... Read more
Portland Protectors Support South Portland Ordinance by Tony Zeli Portland Protectors is a local group that promotes organic land care practices. In a press release, they call a draft pestic... Read more
POLICE BEAT UPDATE: Preble Street Shooting Arrest Made Portland Police arrested a man in connection with the shooting of 39-year-old Russell Solak that occurred on Preble Street on May 30th.... Read more
Water Safety Top Priority for Local Group by Tony Zeli I sit to write on Memorial Day. A front-page headline in the Press Herald tells a story of death on the water. On Saturday afternoon, M... Read more
