Randy Billings is a government watchdog and political reporter who has been covering Portland City Hall for the Press Herald since 2012. His beat touches on a wide range of topics, including immigration, homelessness, education, tourism, real estate development and the economy in Maine’s largest city. He has been a Portland-based journalist since 2005. A life-long Mainer who loves the outdoors, Randy is also a bassist who brews his own beer at his North Yarmouth home, where he lives with his wife and two children.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2013
Portland postpones vote to sell Congress Square Plaza
The move comes after more than three hours of emotional and intense public comment.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2013
Portland residents being polled on plaza sale
A separate automated survey asks about the proposed ‘midtown’ development in Bayside.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2013
Group files petition to protect Portland plaza, other public spaces
The effort would add Congress Square Plaza and 34 other properties to the city’s land bank and require eight votes and a public referendum to sell them.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2013
Portland’s Baxter Boulevard to reopen on Monday
A 1.4-mile stretch of the boulevard has been closed for the last eight months while the city installed a new sewer and storm water system.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2013
Portland warns plaza protest planners
An encampment by Occupy Maine, which opposes the sale of the public land, would need city approval, an official says.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2013
Two firms draw up alternative visions for Portland plaza
However, the city has not solicited any alternative visions for Congress Square Plaza.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2013
Activists prepare to occupy Portland plaza
Those for and against selling part of Congress Square Plaza try to drum up support for their views.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2013
Tourist exodus slowed by rain
Widespread showers and thunderstorms also cause minor flooding as the Labor Day weekend ends.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2013
Trailblazer for women journalists dies in Maine at 74
Judith Glassman Daniels, the first woman editor of Life magazine, was a mentor to many and added serious content to publications for women.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2013
LePage pledges to help Sudanese refugees
The governor also criticizes legislators for not doing more to help Mainers who are working toward a better life.
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