Portland, which typically reports elections results well before midnight, finally releases its vote counts after 5 a.m. Wednesday.
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 adopts resolution in response to synagogue massacre
The City Council unanimously approves a statement condemning ‘bigotry, discrimination, or hate from whatever the source.’
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Chairwoman of Portland school board presses for universal pre-kindergarten
In her State of the Schools address, Anna Trevorrow recounts successes in the district and says expanded pre-K would ‘help make a difference to all students.’
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Portland’s solar array is about to power up, a year late
The solar farm built on a closed landfill will produce enough energy to power City Hall and Merrill Auditorium.
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District investigating Mt. Ararat students’ reports of illness after party
The students told a school nurse that they were feeling ‘off’ after eating baked goods at the party Wednesday.
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Mercy Hospital building emerges as latest prospect for Portland shelter
West End resident M. Curt Sachs has proposed using the building on State Street as a homeless shelter, neighborhood health clinic, soup kitchen and transitional/affordable housing complex.
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Portland boosting patrols at houses of worship in wake of Pittsburgh attack
Interim Chief Vern Malloch says the department received requests for added patrols after the Saturday morning tragedy.
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Nor’easter brings rain, snow, high winds and power outages to Maine
More than 13,000 Central Maine Power customers were without electricity Saturday night.
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Residents renew bid to protect Portland’s working waterfront
A group looks to replicate the success of a 1987 referendum to limit redevelopment, which it calls a ‘death knell for the fishing people’ and others who need water access.
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Homeless shelter an issue for District 1 councilor and challenger
The city has proposed building a 200-bed facility at the city-owned Barron Center.