The Planning Board wants more time to consider the more ambitious proposal’s impact on traffic.
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 public works edges toward move out of Bayside
Council committees will take up a plan to lease a Canco Road building, and a nonprofit likes the site that city workers would vacate.
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Parking a hurdle for Munjoy Hill music hall plan
At meetings this week, neighbors also are likely to discuss the building’s size and the benefits for businesses and residents.
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Bill to beef up Maine restaurant inspections on hold for talks
A state restaurant industry group is a leading opponent, and will be involved in compromise talks
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Proposal to protect Portland parklands advances
The Portland City Council moves toward a June referendum on the plan even as the city fights the measure.
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Longtime Mexican restaurant in Portland closes after repeated citations
Mesa Verde failed two of its last three inspections but was not told to shut down, city records show.
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Portland planners OK 5 slope-side apartments
The project on Sheridan Street would use pier supports and feature a large top-floor unit built for a surgeon.
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Maine restaurant groups: No inspections by localities
That would cause confusion, they say, but others back a bill calling for increased oversight amid rising Maine complaints.
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Planners OK upscale Munjoy Hill condos, apartment building
A four-story project at Congress Street’s peak calls for 12 units as well as ground-floor retail space, and a smaller five-unit building will be built on a steep slope on Sheridan Street.
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Commission: Ex-Portland worker likely was sexually harassed
David Tanguay can move forward with his sexual harassment case against the city.