News from the West End and immediately surrounding neighborhoods.
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
La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life by Rosanne Graef, Past President – WENA Today’s Topic: The Uglification of the Jewel by the Sea When the Editor of the West End News ann... Read more
Pesticide Ordinance Draft Borrows Language from Industry Lobby by Bridget Chase Portland’s Fertilizer and Pesticide Task Force met once during the month of October. The meeting had a promisi... Read more
POLICE BEAT Police are still investing the shots fired on Gilman Street. Say some neighbors have been less than cooperative. Portland police are actively investigating gunshots fired near 10... Read more
MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK by Tony Zeli Has the presidential election got you down? Do you yearn for a political process where different views are respected, speeches are more than just rhetorica... Read more
Two Challenge Chipman for Senate District 27 by Tony Zeli State Senate District 27 is one of two Senate seats for Portland. The district includes the entire Portland peninsula, the islands,... Read more
