La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Whither Forest City? By Rosanne Graef Portland has long had the moniker “Forest City,” but when you look around the city today, especially on... Read more
By Tony Zeli, Publisher & Editor Dr. Philip Thompson, a well-known and beloved West End physician, passed away this past June at the age of 102. He spent a lifetime and then some in the... Read more
By Kate Goldfield Just today [August 6th], I made the very disturbing discovery that Local Sprouts, the independent food cooperative at 649 Congress, has closed permanently and suddenly. The... Read more
By Kelly Merrill In the midst of the worst housing crisis Portland has ever seen, the City approved the sale of Bayside Village by Port Property Management on August 13th, without the knowle... Read more
Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for the West End News. This month Liz caught up with Naomi Beal, the Executive Director of passivhausMAINE. What is pass... Read more
PechaKucha Portland’s 45th show seeks stories of empowerment By Kelly Merrill What is PechaKucha? How do I pronounce PechaKucha? How do I PechaKucha? As far as what it is and how you... Read more
From back to school supplies to summer reading… Portland Buy Local businesses have you covered By Mary Alice Scott August is the Sunday evening of summertime — school is about to be ba... Read more
By Cameron Autry Few rights enjoyed in this country are as essential to maintaining democracy as our freedom of speech. Tom Handel, executive director of the Portland Media Center (PMC), und... Read more
Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for the West End News. This month Liz caught up with Kelly Merrill, a social justice activist, artist, & writer. Tel... Read more
Opioid Response Summit
By: Lizzy Handschy, Co-Executive Director Portland Overdose Prevention Society On Monday, July 15th over one thousand people gathered for the state’s first-ever Opioid Response Summit. For m... Read more