Randy Billings is a government watchdog and political reporter who has been covering Portland City Hall for the Press Herald since 2012. His beat touches on a wide range of topics, including immigration, homelessness, education, tourism, real estate development and the economy in Maine’s largest city. He has been a Portland-based journalist since 2005. A life-long Mainer who loves the outdoors, Randy is also a bassist who brews his own beer at his North Yarmouth home, where he lives with his wife and two children.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2012
Burlesque dancer wins seat on Portland school board
PORTLAND — Usually, a video of a political candidate doing a striptease in a dive bar is enough to end a campaign — especially a campaign for the local school board.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2012
Oxford Plains racetrack has a new owner
Tom Mayberry, head of Pro All Stars Series, plans to create a multi-use facility, with monster trucks, motocross and faster cars.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2012
Porthole, Comedy Connection closed again, future is uncertain
Less than a month after being shut down for health violations, the restaurant and comedy club close for renovations, and it’s unclear if they’ll reopen.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2012
City closes three waterfront businesses
Citing health code violations including ‘rat droppings’ and ‘TONS of flies all over the food,’ officials shut down the Porthole restaurant and two other sites owned by Oliver Keithly.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2012
Portland medical marijuana rally slated for Saturday at Deering Oaks Park
PORTLAND — Visitors to Deering Oaks on Saturday may take in a little more than fresh air.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2012
Officials trying to reinstate veterans’ counselor
The full-time VA representative has been credited with connecting homeless veterans with services more quickly and reducing the number of nights they must stay at the shelter. The position, created in 2011, was cut in June.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2012
‘Bert and I’ may be heading to silver screen
PORTLAND — Bert and I, the celebrated Maine humor albums created by Marshall Dodge and Bob Bryan when they were Yale University students in 1958, may be headed to the big screen.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2012
Hollywood? Come to think of it, you can get there from here: ‘Bert and I’ stories may go big screen
PORTLAND — Bert and I, the celebrated Maine humor albums created by Marshall Dodge and Bob Bryan when they were Yale University students in 1958, may be headed to the big screen.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2012
School chief defends his lambasting of Gov. LePage
Superintendent Paul Perzanoski says he wanted to let teachers know they have a right to defend themselves from the governor’s “manipulation of facts.”
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PublishedAugust 20, 2012
Parties mark 50th birthday of Baxter State Park
PORTLAND — On Aug. 6, 1962, former Gov. Percival Baxter acquired his 28th and final parcel of land in northern Maine, fulfilling a lifelong dream of creating a park around Mount Katahdin.
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