Randy Billings

Press Herald

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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Published
March 20, 2013

Portland agrees to pay $53K in fines for sewer spills

Since 2007, the city’s sewer system has failed on at least 22 occasions, some of which discharged tens of thousands of gallons of sewage onto roadways and into nearby water bodies.
Published
March 19, 2013

Roundabouts eyed to ease Portland traffic flow

But city councilors are worried about the need to obtain land near USM for the traffic circles.
Published
March 18, 2013

Speech outlines challenges ahead for Portland schools

The city must find ways to prepare for the future and compete against charter schools, Jaimey Caron says.
Published
March 16, 2013

Passenger rail report calls for link to India Street

Advocates envision a line re-established between Auburn and Portland.
Published
March 16, 2013

India Street neighborhood takes the long view

India Street was once the center of Portland. Now, planners and residents are looking to help resurrect it, beginning with today’s meeting.
Published
March 15, 2013

Open house to explain upgrades to Portland golf course

The city plans to better market the course; implement more youth programs; hire a professional golfer; and build a new club house on the South Course.
Published
March 15, 2013

Shipyard Brewery ordered to pay $300K for sewer fees

But the settlement is well below the $1.5 million in sewer fees that were never billed.
Published
March 13, 2013

Portland delays height ruling on $38 million development

The Planning Board tabled to March 19 its vote to allow a 165-foot-tall residential tower in Bayside.
Published
March 7, 2013

Portland launches effort to ban polystyrene cups, plastic bags

The non-biodegradable, petroleum-based products cannot be recycled in a cost-effective way and pose a serious environmental and public health risk, the city says.
Published
March 7, 2013

Portland eyes big changes in Libbytown

The proposals for redesigned roadways and intersections are a response to new development activity and a desire for safer streets at the city’s western gateway.

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