$19 Minimum Wage on the Ballot By Tony Zeli The Portland City Council voted in August to place an increase in the minimum wage on the November 4th municipal ballot. Voters will find it as Qu... Read more
By Tony Zeli On the November 4th, 2025 state ballot, referendum questions will ask voters to enact sweeping absentee voting restrictions and a law to prevent people in crisis from accessing... Read more
Three City Council Candidates Answer Questions Ahead of the Election By Nancy English Current at-large city councilor Pious Ali and newcomer Sam Aborne are competing for the one at-large sea... Read more
Michael Connolly: Historical Fiction from Portland’s Working Waterfront Every month, Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month, she caught up with Michael Con... Read more
Book Short The NamesBy Florence Knapp By Stephanie Miller “The Names” by Florence Knapp asks the question: Can a name change the course of a life? I’ve long been fascinated with... Read more
‘It can happen here.’ Staging a Depression Era Play as a Warning for the Present By Nancy English “It Can’t Happen Here,” is a play by Sinclair Lewis and John Moffit, based on a novel by Lew... Read more
Kip DeSerres: Unearthing Stories in the Western Cemetery Every month, Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month, she caught up with Kip DeSerres, Vice Preside... Read more
By Jo Coyne Soon after Portland’s cold storage warehouse opened in February, West End neighbors began noticing a distinct lack of activity at the site. Waterfront rezoning and site-plan appr... Read more
City Election – Portland, ME November 4th, 2025 State Referendum & General Municipal Election By Tony Zeli Voters around the state can now request their absentee ballots for the No... Read more
What About Congress Street?
La Vida LocalIrregular Notes on West End Life & Beyond What about Congress Street? By Rosanne Graef Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Hartford, Portsmouth, San Diego, Savannah, Tucson. What do t... Read more