By Pamela Shaw Last year was a mostly fallow year for Harbor View Park. We lost much of the peach crop to a fungus on the leaves. We kept work groups to a minimum, just to keep up with maint... Read more
Lead in Portland’s Soils Free soil tests for gardeners in Bayside, East Bayside, Parkside, and West End By Tony Zeli There’s plenty of lead in Portland soils. In fact, soil testi... Read more
By Tony Zeli It’s an American mantra: Bigger is better. Anti-trust law in America has privileged the idea of economies of scale, justifying anti-competitive mergers because bigger is better.... Read more
By Dr. Oren Gersten We’re taking a break from Covid news this month (in this column at least) to talk about something a little lighter. I’ll be listing what I believe are the top 5 healthies... Read more
Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Kasandra Thach, a core leader for Maine Youth Justice and the fou... Read more
WENA Urges Neighbors to Weigh In The WENA Board is writing today to alert our West End neighbors and other members of the public who may be unaware of the proposed elimination of the Metro B... Read more
By Tony Zeli The Greater Portland Metro is updating its bus routes and proposing a new bi-directional circulator route for the Portland peninsula. The goal is faster service and greater freq... Read more
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
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