WEST END PEOPLE The Rise and Fall of the Pine Street Theatre In the spring of 1988 the building on the corner of Pine and Brackett Streets, which is now Bonobo Pizza, almost became a theatre... Read more
By Mary Alice Scott As March unfolds in Maine, we have occasional days of warmer weather – a glimpse into the future that spring holds. During the day, the sun melts the remaining snow piles... Read more
La Vida LocalIrregular Notes on West End Life By Rosanne Graef Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking Who would have thought that in the midst of a pandemic, with the death knell for print med... Read more
Browntail Moth Reaches Western Prom By Tony Zeli The city’s forestry crews first discovered browntail moth webs on the mainland in Portland in 2018, though the insect was spreading just nort... Read more
By Dr. Oren Gersten We often think of democracy as something that happens every two to four years when we go to the polls to cast our ballots for elected officials. The truth is that smaller... Read more
Writing for a community paper as the neighborhood reinvents itself By Jenny Anastasoff Twenty years ago, Portland was reinventing itself, not unlike today’s boom. In 2001, when The West End... Read more
Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Kate Sykes, a community organizer with People First Portland abou... Read more
WEN survives despite the decline of print media By Tony Zeli When I took over The West End News in 2014, I’m sure a lot of folks thought I was being foolish. A common question was, “Why a ne... Read more
By Ed King Previous WEN Publisher & Editor Ed King shares memories from the first years for publication! A lot of interesting, exciting, funny, strange, baffling, weird things (remember... Read more
Save the 8 – METRO proposes changes to the Peninsula Loop
La Vida LocalIrregular Notes on West End Life By Rosanne Graef Save the 8! Bus riders who travel the peninsula are undoubtedly familiar with Metro’s Route 8, a.k.a. the Peninsula Loop.... Read more