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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PublishedAugust 12, 2019
Portland councilor seeks delay in new beer-making fee
A manufacturing license for breweries, wineries and distilleries that costs as much as $2,000 a year was quietly slipped into the city budget that took effect on July 1.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2019
City wants developers to reconsider plan for historic Portland Co. building
Portland’s historic preservation manager says proposed alterations for a restaurant, offices and a residential unit could compromise the historical character of the Pattern Storehouse.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2019
Narrow Gauge Railroad staying in Portland
The nonprofit considered moving to Gray after the Portland Co. was sold for redevelopment, but it now plans to remain on the Portland waterfront, where it has operated since 1993.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2019
Portland unveils proposed rules for marijuana businesses
City staff is recommending a 20-store cap on pot retail outlets, a $10,000 annual fee and a prohibition on mobile sales and delivery services, among other things.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2019
Construction flagger hit by truck in Kennebunk; driver charged
Kennebunk police charge Shannon Carey, 40, of Kennebunk, with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2019
Company selling bottled water in Maine to close after N.H. health warning
Spring Hill Water is sold at Cumberland Farms, Market Basket, Whole Foods and other stores.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2019
Portland begins final push as it transitions migrants out of Expo
City and immigrant leaders will move asylum seekers to the Family Shelter and a Salvation Army overflow shelter by Aug. 15.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2019
Migrant in Portland ‘shocked’ by fake Twitter account used to smear fellow asylum seekers
Someone posed as Prince Pombo Mafumba in an attempt to stoke xenophobia and anger among Mainers.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2019
Sen. Collins co-sponsors bill requiring presidential campaigns to report foreign contacts
She is the first Republican senator to support the measure, but Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has so far blocked the bill from coming to a vote.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2019
Council committee decides migrants’ initial housing costs a priority for donation fund
The matter of how to spend $870,000 in private donations for asylum seekers in Portland will go before the full City Council in August.
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