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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PublishedAugust 30, 2013
Portland landlord with a past buys building with a history
One of downtown’s most prominent and historic buildings has been sold to a local landlord with a history of disputes over the condition of his properties.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2013
Baxter Boulevard’s future: Never on Sunday?
The Portland street will reopen to traffic soon. But the calm of the months-long closure could return on a regular basis.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2013
Sprague buying Gowen Marine
The purchase will allow the owner of Portland Yacht Services to begin servicing larger vessels.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2013
Cumberland Ave. housing project wins approval
The Portland Planning Board acts over neighbors’ objections to the development’s limited parking.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2013
$38 million Portland project ‘starting to gel’
Planning Board members give favorable reviews to the ambitious Bayside plan for apartments and retail space.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2013
Gowen Marine, a Portland waterfront landmark, sold
Phineas Sprague, who recently sold the Portland Company Marine Complex, purchased the business as part of his plan to reshape the city’s working waterfront.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2013
Finding young Maine artists a cheap space to create
Creative Portland is taking on the challenge and plans a Web clearinghouse of potential studios.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2013
Dunkin’ Donuts tries new paper cup
The new cups are being tested in communities such as Freeport that have banned polystyrene.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2013
Developers try to restart Portland waterfront projects
A settlement allows former partners to proceed separately to sell or develop parcels on the eastern waterfront.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2013
Six Old Port properties to be auctioned online
Current tenants include Buck’s Naked BBQ, Fore Play, Gorgeous Gelato, The Merry Table Crêperie and Shine Salon.
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