La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Today’s Topic: I Hereby Resolve by Rosanne Graef, Past President – WENA Lose 10 pounds, learn Spanish, get out of debt, floss dail... Read more
by Nancy Dorrans Travel and skiing, have transformed and enriched my life in many ways. Both release me from my routine, and offer a way to use my senses differently with new tastes, people,... Read more
by Jenny Anastasoff Our esteemed publisher has deemed me the Local Newshound in the masthead, which may be overestimating my contributions to this worthy paper. You would think that with m... Read more
Adam Marletta A group of Maine legislators will introduce articles of impeachment for Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday for, among other abuses of power, his role in preventing Speaker of the Hou... Read more
Adam Marletta What would we do without local NPR-affiliate, the Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN), to keep us informed of the pertinent news and information that is truly relev... Read more
by Leo Knighton Tallarico It should be obvious to all who are tuned in, that our world is going through huge transformational change. This new chapter of life for humans on Planet Earth quit... Read more
Adam Marletta Charles Dickens, whose classic holiday tale, A Christmas Carol is ubiquitous on television and local theater stages this time of year, is one of my favorite authors. The... Read more
Adam Marletta A massive crowd of close to 1,000 people gathered in Monument Square to decry racism and Islamophobia and stand in solidarity with asylum-seekers on Sunday, December 6. The ral... Read more
The City is launching the rental housing registration process that requires landlords to register their rental properties and pay a $35 fee per unit by January 1st, 2016. The registration fe... Read more
Pharma Bro Goes to Jail
by Asher Platts Martin Shkreli finally goes to jail! Photos of the “Pharma Bro’s” perp walk populated many of our Facebook feeds in celebration of this unscrupulous capitalist finally gettin... Read more