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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PublishedMay 12, 2019
Two men pulled from Portland harbor by ferry crew
The Wabanaki ferry had about 207 people aboard when a Casco Bay Lines crew member spotted the men in the water near a capsized canoe off Peaks Island.
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PublishedMay 12, 2019
Police seek Massachusetts man in York home invasion and shooting
The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police say.
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PublishedMay 9, 2019
New abstract mural adds a dash of color to Portland’s historic Old Port
Will Sears’ mural overlooking Tommy’s Park is replacing a popular 1985 trompe l’oeil painting that depicted elements of an old post office and City Hall.
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PublishedMay 8, 2019
PSO will be back for Portland’s Fourth of July bash, which promises a bigger bang
Shamrock Signature is taking over planning for this year’s event, which will include the fund-raising Pops with a Purpose Gala on June 28.
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PublishedMay 6, 2019
More asylum seekers arrive in Portland from southern border as city debates assistance
Portland’s human resources director criticizes comments by Mayor Ethan Strimling welcoming the arrival of more immigrants, a sign of the tensions as Maine’s largest city sees another influx of asylum-seeking families.
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PublishedMay 2, 2019
Developers’ plans would transform part of downtown Portland
Projects proposed by North River IV and J.B. Brown & Sons just west of the Old Port would convert 3 parking lots into apartments, offices, a hotel and retail stores with parking garages.
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PublishedApril 29, 2019
Plan would ban restaurant, retail uses on Portland piers
The zoning amendments are being proposed to address concerns raised by fisherman and advocates that a construction boom of hotels and other tourist uses is threatening the future of the working waterfront.
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PublishedApril 26, 2019
Portland council violates city codes by approving liquor license for Rising Tide brewery
The new license, which allows the brewery on Fox Street to have a full-service bar, passed on a 5-2 vote after the city attorney told councilors they were on ‘a slippery slope.’
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PublishedApril 24, 2019
Portland firefighters trying to rescue Munjoy Hill station’s Engine 1
The city budget proposed for the year starting July 1 would shut down the truck and reassign firefighters, leaving a ladder truck and an ambulance on Munjoy Hill.
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PublishedApril 22, 2019
Portland allocates $45,000 in private donations to aid asylum seekers
City Manager Jon Jennings has proposed phasing out the Community Support Fund, which was created in 2015 in response to state budget cuts.
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