La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life SO MANY FOOD CHOICES, SO MUCH WASTE by Rosanne Graef, Past President – WENA Today’s Topic: Bon Appétit? There is so much food waste. It... Read more
4-H Swiners Design Community Project to Feed the Hungry Cumberland County 4-H Swiners Adam Dale, Caleb McGrath-Holmquist and Katie McGrath-Holmquist are raising funds to donate to the Gray a... Read more
Portland Fine Craft Show 2016 Draws Art Lovers to West End The Maine Crafts Association held the Portland Fine Craft Show 2016 on Saturday, August 27th, on Congress Street between High and S... Read more
Ted Musgrave Remembers the Sunset Folk Concerts by Bridget Chase The Western Promenade has been home to the Wednesday West End Sunset Folk Concerts since 1990. The City, corporate sponsors a... Read more
Five Enhanced TSBs Pop Up Around the City The City of Portland Police Department and the Portland Public Art Committee announced an open call for artists back in June to submit their propose... Read more
Perspectives from the Sky Astrological Forecast September 2016 Mercury retrograde marks a bad time to jump to conclusions. by Leo Knighton Tallarico September promises to be an energetically... Read more
POLICE BEAT West End Prostitution Sting Operation In August a West End prostitution sting operation led to the arrest of four men for engaging a prostitute, a class E crime. City police cond... Read more
UPDATE: WENA Picnic Annual Potluck WENA Picnic has been rescheduled due to rain. Here is a note from WENA President: Hi all, Due to the (much needed) rain and resulting wet ground, the WENA... Read more
‘Great for the Neighborhood’ Second Annual Portland Fine Craft Show Brings Visitors to West End by Tony Zeli The WCSH Sidewalk Art Festival has been running for over 50 years. They draw up t... Read more




Trump Wrong on Islam
Trump Wrong About Islam and Terrorism. And so is Clinton. by Wells Lyons It’s disappointing to see our two presidential candidates miss the mark so widely on the connection between Isl... Read more