The two major political parties cannot speak for millennials No matter the outcome of this “Super Tuesday”, I am inspired by the energy spent by youth voters on the Bernie Sanders campaign.... Read more
Republicans Adopt Unconstitutional Strategy To Block Supreme Court Nominee Article 2, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution doesn’t leave a lot of room for interpretation. Ou... Read more
Sidewalk Buttlers Looking to Expand into West End Mike Roylos, former owner of Spartan Grill, sold his business to pursue a passion: cigarette butts. Okay, to be more precise, his passion is... Read more
Hillary Clinton says Travel Changes Minds by Nancy Dorrans If travel can change your life can it also change your mind? That’s what Hillary Clinton said in a speech she gave several years ag... Read more
AMOS FARM: Getting Started Early by Christian Torp We could all do with more time, unfortunately, I don’t know of any (legal) way to do that, but that’s not true for gardening! It IS possibl... Read more
The Maine Irish Heritage Center announces the hiring of P. Vincent “Vinny” O’Malley as its interim executive director. Vinny grew up in Portland’s West End, the son of Irish immigrants from... Read more
La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life by Rosanne Graef, Past President – WENA Today’s Topic: Get Creative As this winter draws to a close, it’s time to think ahead a little a... Read more
Letter from PNA Requests Housing Forum UPDATE: Councilor Spencer Thibodeau has responded to the letter and agreed to attend the forum. WEN will report details when available. In a letter to... Read more
Sunset on Grant Street
Grant Street Evictions by Rob Korobkin My heart hurt when I read about those tragic evictions on Grant Street. I met some of the people who lived there when I was walking their street (and i... Read more