The cost of it and proposed restoration of aid to certain types of immigrants would be more than $5 million.
Randy Billings
Staff Writer
Randy Billings is a government watchdog and political reporter who has been the State House bureau chief since 2021. He was named the Maine Press Association’s Journalist of the Year in 2020. He joined the Press Herald in 2012 as the Portland City Hall reporter, where his beat touched on a wide range of topics, including municipal government, immigration, homelessness, housing and social services. Prior to that, he worked at various weeklies as well as business and arts publications. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine, Orono. He lives in North Yarmouth with his wife and two children and enjoys the outdoors and playing his upright bass.
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City trying to allay concerns over waterfront development
Portland councilors are expected to back plans for the former Portland Co. complex amid vocal opposition from some worried about water views.
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House would raise restaurant-license fees
The Maine Restaurant Association opposes the proposal, which heads to the Senate.
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Maine House votes for more restaurant inspectors
The mostly party-line vote means the bill could be rejected in the Republican-controlled Senate, however.
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Portland halts condo project after neighboring properties damaged
Work on the East End development causes large foundation cracks and other damage to surrounding buildings, leaving the historic neighborhood shaken.
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Three projects to bring more condos, apartments, offices to Portland’s East End
The projects continue a residential construction boom, while the office project is the first in ‘a long while.’
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South Portland official Jon Jennings a finalist for Portland city manager post
The former Red Claws co-owner and Thompson’s Point development partner is one of three candidates left as the city works on a contract with its top choice.
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Hot real estate market means more condos for Portland’s East End
Bateman Partners seeks the city’s approval for two mixed-use buildings in the India Street area, close to other new projects.
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Other towns are relying on Portland shelters
A Telegram analysis of six years of data shows a rising trend by Maine municipalities to refer their homeless to the city’s low-barrier services.
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Portland seeks greater sharing of emergency shelter costs
But some communities, especially Lewiston, bristle at the suggestion that they should chip in.