News from the West End and immediately surrounding neighborhoods.
Open positions for CDL drivers could lead to delays in clearing snow on city streets By Tony Zeli As winter storms rage, the Portland Department of Public Works (DPW) must plow and salt over... Read more
By Tony Zeli Remember to clear your sidewalks, driveways, and curb cuts. Although Portland’s parks and recreation department takes care of more than 100 miles of sidewalks around the c... Read more
POLICE BEAT Police Respond to Pair of Incidents in West End of Persons Attempting to Lure Children In the last few days, Portland Police have responded to incidents where it appears someone... Read more
Feel Good by Doing Good A look at a few local ways to feel good by doing good this season By Tony Zeli It’s not a new idea, but in recent years more and more researchers are demonstrating th... Read more
Western Cemetery Uncovered Another year of volunteer work in Western Cemetery uncovers secrets By J. Peter Monro With little interest and effort, the Western Cemetery might be made a c... Read more
PORTLAND BALLOT 2023 Portland Rent Control Question A Election Results For the second time this year, Portland voters rejected a municipal ballot question asking to amend the city’s rent con... Read more
PORTLAND BALLOT 2023 Mark Dion will be Portland’s next Mayor By Tony Zeli City Councilor Mark Dion hangs on after five rounds of ranked choice ballot counting to win Portland’s mayoral... Read more
PORTLAND BALLOT 2023 Portland City Council Election Results for Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023 This November 7th, 2023, Portland voters decided several city council and school board seats. Below find... Read more
PORTLAND BALLOT 2023 PORTLAND SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION RESULTS – Nov. 7th, 2023 On Tuesday, November 7th, Portland voters decided several school board, city council, and other seats. Belo... Read more
Portland Ballot 2023 Urbanist Coalition of Portland Candidate Survey on ReCode Recommendations The Urbanist Coalition of Portland* is a local group with the goal of making Portland, Maine a... Read more