The annual federal allocation is intended to make large-scale improvements to public housing units.
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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WEX in South Portland puts expansion on hold
The company gives no reason for suspending a project that was making progress just weeks ago.
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Portland Co. complex – prime waterfront – is sold
The sale of the property at 58 Fore St. suggests the eastern waterfront is poised for development.
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Portland approves $40 million expansion of hospital
Despite financial problems, Maine Medical Center will undertake a $40 million project on its main campus.
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Even professional fireworks can be risky
The most tragic example is a death in 1993, when a pyrotechnician was killed during a Bar Harbor show.
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Mainer ‘lucky’ to be alive after explosion
John Littlefield spent 10 days in the hospital after Portland’s 2012 “Stars and Stripes Spectacular” fireworks display went wrong.
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LePage vetoes study of tar sands oil
The bill calls for an examination of the risks of piping the controversial oil through the state.
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LePage on plastic foam ban: Don’t be ‘nanny’
He co-signs a letter to Portland councilors as a task force urges them to prohibit polystyrene use.
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Portland unveils new city slogan
The slogan is part of a new branding system the city expects to roll out over the summer.
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Lobster firm seeks processing space on Portland pier
Richmond-based Shucks Maine Lobster wants to lease nearly 19,000 square feet of space in the city-owned Portland Ocean Terminal on the Maine State Pier.