City officials are asking the gamemaker to remove the coveted Pokemon Go icons sought by players.
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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Portland has fired its social services director, and the reasons are in dispute
The city cites David MacLean’s ‘concerning’ lack of knowledge about managing the $11.9 million social services budget, but his attorney says his client was fired for raising concerns about plans to build a new 150-bed homeless shelter.
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Freeport resident gives $20,000 to support asylum seekers in Portland
Phyllis Jalbert, whose late husband survived the Holocaust, sent the check to the city this month.
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Casco Bay Lines board votes for larger ferry despite islanders’ concerns
The directors also vote to limit the number of people who can ride to Peaks Island to 499 per trip, but will allow as many as 599 people to return to Portland.
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Portland seeks to reassure islanders before key vote on bigger ferry
Islanders welcome efforts to ease summer congestion, but worry that the city’s designated parking spaces are too far from the ferry terminal.
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Late change to city budget means Portland parking fees are going up
The City Council voted 5-4 around midnight Monday to increase metered parking fees by 25 cents an hour.
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Portland City Council restores social service cuts, but Engine 1 will be decommissioned
The votes come after protesters at a ‘Rally for a Moral City Budget’ urge councilors to restore funding for asylum-seekers, the homeless, firefighters and schools, among other things.
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Preble Street’s plan for women’s shelter hits roadblock
Portland officials say zoning rules and the terms of a sales agreement will need to be changed before the former city-owned building in Bayside can be used as a healing center for victims of domestic abuse and human trafficking.
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Portlanders to debate homeless shelter site as decision nears
The City Council has zeroed in on two potential sites for a new homeless shelter, and residents will have their chance to weigh in Monday.
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Portland board backs waterfront protections, but not a reduced redevelopment zone
The Planning Board’s recommendation would prohibit new restaurants and stores on the piers but wouldn’t shrink the so-called Non-Marine Use Overlay zone. The City Council will have the final say.