A Place for Everybody Reiche Community Room Activities are free and open to the public and made possible by dedicated volunteers By Tony Zeli In the 1970s construction began on the Howard C. Reiche Community School in the heart of the West End neighborhood, demolishing four blocks of housing. Part of the deal for the […] The post Reiche Community Room: A Place for Everybody appeared first on The West End News ..read more

Myles Smith: Highways vs Smiling Hill Farm Population growth is going to come, and we need to be proactive to make a place in which we want to live Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month, Liz caught up with Myles Smith, the volunteer facilitator […] The post Myles Smith: Highways vs Smiling Hill Farm appeared first on The West End News ..read more

BOOK SHORT The Death of Vivek OjiA ‘Dazzling, Devastating Story’By Akwaeke Emezi Review by Stephanie Miller Vivek Oji is dead. Left behind are his high school friends in a small Nigerian town and his mother, gone dizzy and demanding in her desperation for information. In this captivating saga of a young person’s brief but glorious […] The post The Death of Vivek Oji – A ‘Dazzling, Devastating Story’ appeared first on The West End News ..read more

We’re All in This Together A new approach to local control of energy generation in Maine By David Kunhardt Were you opposed to the Pine Tree Power Initiative because it looked expensive? Were you in favor of the concept of having more local public control of our energy sources, but nervous about the prospect of […] The post A new approach to local control of energy generation in Maine appeared first on The West End News ..read more

Innovating Our WaterfrontsGlobal Inspiration for Local Solutions By Jade Christensen As we find ourselves amid yet another month of rainstorms and flooding, it’s imperative that we turn our attention to fortifying our waterfronts to safeguard our communities. The relentless battle against rising waters is a challenge that coastal regions, including our extensive coastline, grapple with […] The post Innovating Our Waterfronts: Global Inspiration for Local Solutions appeared first on The West End News ..read more

The West End coworking space that WEN called home for a decade is closing. Presente! Maine will take over the lease at 795 Congress Street. “Every time you make a connection between two people, you throw out this little filament, like a little cobweb. And when you do that thousands of times, it builds a […] The post PelotonLabs Says Goodbye appeared first on The West End News ..read more

By Eva McVicar In its 37th year, the Camden Conference once again turned the town of Camden into a hub of international dialogue. This year’s topic: India: Rising Ambitions, Challenges at Home. The weekend-long Conference, centered in the historic Camden Opera House and live-streamed to satellite locations, including Portland, featured top minds from foreign policy, […] The post Camden Conference: An intellectual journey like no other appeared first on The West End News ..read more

Seven Siegel talks about the Gorham Connector   Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Seven Siegel (they/them), a Town Councilor in Gorham.  How did you get involved in this? I have a master’s in public policy, and now that I […] The post Seven Siegel talks about the Gorham Connector  appeared first on The West End News ..read more

Layne’s Wine Gig Presents THE PROBLEM WITH WINE By Layne V. Witherell There is an ocean of excess wine out there trying to find a home, your home, any home (as long as you are 21). Global predictions hover around 150,000 acres of planted wine grapes that must be rooted up with no takers. Fifty […] The post The Problem with Wine appeared first on The West End News ..read more

BookShort What you are looking for is in the libraryBy Michiko Aoyama By Stephanie Miller I am a sucker for any story that involves books. Publishers surely realize that I’m not alone in this among avid readers. Thus there are dozens of books about books released every year. I was glad to discover that this […] The post BookShort: ‘What you are looking for is in the library’ by Michiko Aoyama appeared first on The West End News ..read more