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
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, representing Maine’s First District in the U. S. House, is cosponsoring the first bipartisan bill in a decade to directly address climate change. Climate Secur... Read more
By Tom Landry, Realtor ® The spring selling season has begun. While we help clients buy and sell throughout the year, the Maine market is most active during the next several month... Read more
Every Month Peloton Labs founder Liz Trice interviews a Peloton member for the West End News. This month Liz caught up with Reggie Groff, a documentary filmmaker and owner of GroffVideo.com.... Read more


