City News Briefs ELECTION INFORMATION The Maine Primary Election is on Tuesday, June 11th. Also on the ballot in Portland is the School Budget Referendum. Election Day is Tuesday, June 11th, 2024, and all Portland polling places will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The following will be voted on: Party Primary Information Anyone enrolled […] The post Voting Information for Maine June 11, 2024 Primary Election appeared first on The West End News ..read more

Sea level rise will threaten the future of Portland’s working waterfront. Today, we can help document the change as it happens to inform tomorrow’s resiliency plans. By Tony Zeli Walk the Working Waterfront is an annual self-guided tour celebrating and focusing attention on the city’s coastal culture. This year, on June 8th, the tour along […] The post Sea Level Rise and the Working Waterfront appeared first on The West End News ..read more

Susan LoGiudice: Free Trees for Residents to ReForest the City Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Susan, a volunteer with the West End Neighborhood Association Reforest the City project. What is the West End Neighborhood Association’s ReForest the City project? […] The post Susan LoGiudice: Free Trees for Residents to ReForest the City appeared first on The West End News ..read more

By Nancy Dorrans Connections is a NY Times online game I play almost every day. It groups words that share a common thread. Connecting words is a game, connecting with people is an art. My friend Matthew tells me I’m a natural connector. My friend Sara calls me a conduit. Making connections seems to come naturally to […] The post Connections with Nancy Dorrans appeared first on The West End News ..read more

Book Short ‘The Woman in the Library’by Sulari Gentill Review by Stephanie Miller A woman in Australia named Hannah is writing a novel about an Australian woman named Freddie (short for Winifred), who is writing a novel during a fellowship grant year in Boston about an Australian writer falling in love with a fellow writer […] The post ‘The Woman in the Library’ by Sulari Gentill appeared first on The West End News ..read more

Climate change served on your plate By Avery Yale Kamila Portland City Hall is ignoring a large part of the climate problem: The emissions from food we eat. However, residents’ love of vegetables and the Portland Public Schools’ embrace of plant-based lunches means the city is well positioned to take a leadership role in aligning city menus […] The post Climate change served on your plate appeared first on The West End News ..read more

We’re All in This Together Environmental Voter Project:  Your Voice Can Make a Difference By Nancy Nickerson Have you wondered if your vote in an election makes any difference at all? That was the question posed to me recently while I was making phone calls for the Environmental Voter Project (EVP). Yes, your voice can matter!  EVP […] The post Environmental Voter Project:  Your Voice Can Make a Difference appeared first on The West End News ..read more

Seasonal Activities Begin at Western Cemetery By W. John Funk, President Now that spring is here, the Stewards of the Western Cemetery, Inc. is preparing for our third year of outside activities. There will be a tour on May 4th at 2 p.m. Regular tours will begin in June on Sundays and continue through October. Work parties […] The post Seasonal Activities Begin at Western Cemetery appeared first on The West End News ..read more

Louis Giller: Mushrooms can detoxify our land Every Month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Louis Giller, Customer Service Specialist and Educator at North Spore, which sells materials for growing culinary mushrooms.  I know North Spore sells kits for growing mushrooms for […] The post Louis Giller: Mushrooms can detoxify our land appeared first on The West End News ..read more

Layne’s Wine Gig Presents BIANCA BOSKER’S CLASSIC CHARACTERS By Layne V. Witherell “There are books and there are important books.” This was a phrase that I kept conjuring up in my undergrad college days at San Francisco State while working as a book buyer in one of San Francisco’s old-school antiquarian used bookstores. We dealt […] The post Bianca Bosker’s Classic Characters in Wine & Art appeared first on The West End News ..read more