News from the West End and immediately surrounding neighborhoods.
Madawaska band selected to play presidential inauguration Pride of Madawaska band, the concert and marching band of the Madawaska Middle and High School since 1953, was selected to perform i... Read more
Improvements at Reiche include an elevator and a more secure entrance District 2 Councilor Spencer Thibodeau led a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of the renovated Clark Street entr... Read more
La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Winter Sidewalk Report by Rosanne Graef, Past President – WENA Today’s Topic: The Perennial Problem of Perambulating Portland Black Frid... Read more
Pesticide & Fertilizer Task Force Update What Does Portland Want – Integrated versus Organic Pest Management by Bridget Chase The Portland Pesticide and Fertilizer Task Force is reviewin... Read more
Mercy, Maine Med and Area Hospitals Graded for Safety by Tony Zeli The Leapfrog Group announced its Fall 2016 release of the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. This program assigns A, B, C, D a... Read more
Annual District Meeting Raises Concern for Transparency in Development Decisions by Tony Zeli UPDATE: The Planning Board hearing for text amendments to Waterfront Port Development Zone that... Read more
Portland Not a Sanctuary City by Tony Zeli On November 14th, the Bangor Daily News’ Jake Bleiberg penned this sensational headline, “Portland would likely cooperate with Trump’s mass deporta... Read more
Portland Election Results 2016 How Did Portland Vote? Everyone knows Portland is a liberal pocket in Maine. But how does this play out in actually election results? Jokingly referred to as... Read more
Portland City Council Shake-Up by Tony Zeli Pious Ali Wins At-Large In a coup d’état for Mayor Ethan Strimling, two progressive and diverse newcomers unseated incumbent Portland City Counci... Read more
The Story of 2017 DEVELOPMENT by Tony Zeli Come next year… In Portland, the minimum wage will be $10.10. In Portland, marijuana will be legal, sort of. And in Portland, we will use rank choi... Read more