La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life The Watched Pot By Rosanne Graef Although often attributed to Ben Franklin, the proverb “A watched pot never boils” didn’t appear in Poor Rich... Read more
La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Keep on Keepin’ On – With Some New Twists By Rosanne Graef After another month of holing up, hunkering down, and watching my husband’s c... Read more
Tara Treichel of SeaMade Every month Peloton Labs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for the West End News. This month Liz caught up with Tara Triechel, the owner of SeaMade, a Ma... Read more
Who owns Health Care? Part 2: The insurers and the large health systems By Dr. Oren Gersten In a Capitalist society the idea of ownership is central. Goods and services are bought and sold.... Read more
By Mary Alice Scott As businesses begin to carefully re-open, the challenges they face are immense. Portland Buy Local overwhelmingly represents micro-businesses. Two-thirds of our membershi... Read more
By Michael Stern The challenging emotions that come along with deep uncertainty in times of transition are an inevitable part of life. But resilience is not about never getting knocked down.... Read more
By Mary Alice Scott For many years, the Buy Local movement has focused its efforts on communicating the value of local businesses to individual towns and states. Collectively, organizations... Read more
By Pamela Shaw Though we humans may be struggling, spring is on the way in Maine. At Harbor View Park, the peach and cherry trees are budding, the pollinator garden is putting up leaves, and... Read more
The Healers: Who owns health care part 3
Who owns health care? Part 3: The Healers By Dr. Oren Gersten Ancient Healers Healing has always been a part of human existence. Somewhere early in human evolution we learned that we could a... Read more