The West End NEWS reported on September 30th that the Annual West End Halloween Parade would be cancelled. At the West End Neighborhood Association meeting on October 8th, it was announced t... Read more
Congress Street has been named by the American Planning Association as one of the Ten Great Streets for 2014. Each October, during National Community Planning Month, APA’s Great Places i... Read more
In a letter to neighbors the Shoestring Theater announced that it can no longer present the Annual West End Halloween Parade. “After over 30 years directing the event the theater feels it ca... Read more
Portland’s Director of Public Services Mike Bobinsky answered a barrage of questions at the monthly West End Neighborhood Association meeting on September 10th, some of them having t... Read more
Citing concerns from noise and dust, to clogged sewers and air pollution, some West End residents are asking for a citywide ban on leaf blowers. At the September 10th meeting of the West End... Read more
My dog Ruby and I were walking toward the Old Port when I noticed a commotion up ahead at the corner of Middle and Exchange. I figured out pretty quickly that it was Bill Clinton who was in... Read more
Tom MacMillan, the Green Party candidate for the West End (District 38) seat in the Maine legislature, has dropped out of the race after losing his West End apartment. MacMillan’s camp... Read more