By Tony Zeli Former School Board Chair Kate Snyder has joined the race to be Portland’s next mayor. Snyder served two terms on the Portland Board of Public Education from 2007 through 2013,... Read more
By Pamela Shaw The morning after the Harbor View Park Spring Work Day this year, two mallard ducks turned up, checking out the watercourse just above the new orchard. We’re hoping the ducks,... Read more
METRO proposes higher fares along with new ways to pay and fare caps to create equity. By Cameron Autry The METRO board of directors postponed a vote on proposed fare increases and the rollo... Read more
By Pamela Shaw Some invasive species of plants in our area are old timers, familiar to many, such as Asiatic Bittersweet, Japanese Barberry, and Multiflora Rose. Others are newcomers, with... Read more
LA VIDA LOCAL: IRREGULAR NOTES ON WEST END LIFE By Rosanne Graef After a couple of April false alarms (during one of which I packed away the winter jacket only to be greeted in a couple of d... Read more
PILLARS OF PORTLAND By Cameron Autry In the history of Portland few people have left an impact as large as that of the recently deceased former city manager John Menario. Before Menario took... Read more
From Tom Landry, Realtor® Dear Friends and Neighbors, Benchmark Residential & Investment Real Estate is now simply Benchmark Real Estate. We’re still the same people with the same commit... Read more
Every Month a Peloton member is interviewed for the West End News. This month Peloton’s operations manager Ben Taylor caught up with remote worker Seth Musich an administrator with Salesforc... Read more
Portland Buy Local will print 25,000 copies of their popular annual directory of local, independent businesses. It is scheduled to hit the streets of Portland before Memorial Day this year a... Read more
WEN FEATURED NONPROFIT MAY 2019 The Portland Community Free Clinic started with a backpack and a desk. Nate Nickerson, a nurse practitioner, began providing free primary care to low income a... Read more