City News Briefs ELECTION INFORMATION The Maine Primary Election is on Tuesday, June 11th. Also on the ballot in Portland is the School Budget Referendum. Election Day is Tuesday, June 11th,... Read more
Tall grass helps bees and other pollinators, but some think it’s an eyesore. By Tony Zeli With campaigns like No Mow May and the City of Portland’s own Mow Tall Until Fall, you could s... Read more
Seasonal Activities Begin at Western Cemetery By W. John Funk, President Now that spring is here, the Stewards of the Western Cemetery, Inc. is preparing for our third year of outside activi... Read more
Louis Giller: Mushrooms can detoxify our land Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Louis Giller, Custo... Read more
BOOOK SHORT ‘James’by Percival Everett By Stephanie Miller It seems only natural that oppressed people will become subversive. In “James,” the enslaved title characte... Read more
POLICE BEAT Shots Fired In The West End Portland Police responded to a report of shots fired on April 28th, 2024, at 6:41 p.m. on Tate Street. Evidence of a firearm being discharged several... Read more
A Place for Everybody Reiche Community Room Activities are free and open to the public and made possible by dedicated volunteers By Tony Zeli In the 1970s construction began on the Howard C.... Read more
Myles Smith: Highways vs Smiling Hill Farm Population growth is going to come, and we need to be proactive to make a place in which we want to live Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice... Read more
BOOK SHORT The Death of Vivek OjiA Dazzling, Devastating StoryBy Akwaeke Emezi Review by Stephanie Miller Vivek Oji is dead. Left behind are his high school friends in a small Nigerian town... Read more
The West End coworking space that WEN called home for a decade is closing. Presente! Maine will take over the lease at 795 Congress Street. “Every time you make a connection between two peop... Read more
