The City is asking media to alert property owners that the stormwater bills they received in September are just samples. There is a new stormwater fee that will be implemented on January 1st... Read more
The City and The Federated Companies announced that the Midtown project is expected to break ground by the end of this year. The two parties have reached an agreement in order to move the Ba... Read more
TECHY AND HOMELESS ACTIVIST CHALLENGE LONG-TIME INCUMBENT FOR AT-LARGE SEAT Newcomer David Foster of Deane Street is running for a citywide at-large Council seat against long-time incumbent... Read more
INCUMBENT HOLLY SEELIGER RUNS UNOPPOSED FOR DISTRICT 2 Holly Seeliger, a Portland Board of Public Education member representing District 2 (West End, Parkside, Oakdale/USM, and St. John Vall... Read more
Bank Robbery Arrest Portland Police arrested 59-year-old Francis J. Ready of Portland in connection with a bank robbery on October 12th. Ready is accused of robbing the Bangor Savings Bank... Read more
One Longfellow Square has developed a reputation for jazz, folk, blues and bluegrass… some might say, mostly for Baby Boomers… But things are changing at what was once known as “Portland’s m... Read more
by Jenny Anastasoff ELECTION 2015, THE PHOENIX OF FAMILIAR FACES Good day again, West End News readers. In our last issue, we mused about the closing of Videoport, and the cultural shifts... Read more
by Rosanne Graef, Past President – WENA Today’s Topic: Your Neighborhood Footprint? It’s Wednesday. What in years past was known as Prince Spaghetti Day in the North End is now trash d... Read more
by Luke deNatale In July of this year, the Portland City Council decided to put a citizens referendum on the ballot, after organizers collected far more than the required number of signature... Read more
Musings on the Mayor’s Race
Adam Marletta Four years after Portlanders chose Michael Brennan as the city’s first popularly elected mayor in nearly 100 years, the general consensus from the enlightened Port... Read more