City News Briefs Harbor View Park Cleanup with the Portland Parks Conservancy On Thursday, July 25th, volunteers turned out at the West End’s Harbor View Memorial Park for a cleanup or... Read more
Book Short The Strong Pioneering Women Edition By Stephanie Miller A beautiful actress desperate to make good on her forced complicity with the Nazis patented the idea of multi-modal radio f... Read more
The Portland Fine Craft Show Returns to the Arts District to Celebrate Locally Made Craft Imagine, internationally honored artists with studios tucked away on Maine’s rural routes and byways... Read more
Reverence for where the city came from Artist Timothy Goldkin expresses his reverence for Portland’s history in his large commercial and soon public art works By Tony Zeli His brand is... Read more
Western Cemetery Sees Improvements and a Rededication Ceremony Stewards of the Western Cemetery, Inc. report on recent achievements, coming improvements, and a rededication ceremony on Augus... Read more
Paul Drinan on Active Transportation Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Paul Drinan, Active Transpor... Read more
Book Short ‘How Do You Live?’A Japanese Classic on Ethical Living Review by Stephanie Miller Every young teenager should have a kind and loving uncle (or aunt or mentor) to provi... Read more
Neighborhood groups, Portland Trails install traffic calming projects in Libbytown, West End By Tony Zeli This summer, if you drive down Portland’s Brighton Avenue or Danforth Street,... Read more
Caitlin Marshall: Channeling climate anxiety into positive change locally with PCAT Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month... Read more
Book Short ‘Long Island,’ the long-awaited sequel to ‘Brooklyn,’ by Colm Tóibín By Stephanie Miller If you remember Colm Tóibín’s 2009 prize-winning “Brooklyn... Read more