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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.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Uncategorized
Police: No reports of domestic violence between couple found dead in Lebanon
State police believe that Thomas Doyon, 27, shot and killed Allyson Parker, 30, before shooting himself Saturday afternoon.
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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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Police seek Massachusetts man in York home invasion and shooting
The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police say.
Posted inLifestyle, Maine, News
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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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.
Posted inMaine, News
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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
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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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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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.’