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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PublishedAugust 9, 2012
Portland man plans to return his Eagle Scout medal
PORTLAND — Austin Smith received his Eagle Scout medal in 1973, when he was a 16-year-old boy living in Columbus, Miss.
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PublishedJune 20, 2012
Portland considering ban on Styrofoam-like products
PORTLAND — Three years ago, Dan Fuentes tried selling coffee at the Lobby Café on Congress Street out of paper cups, thinking it would increase his business with environmentally minded customers.
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PublishedJune 19, 2012
Portland considers ban on polystyrene foam
Councilors direct a subcommittee to draft an ordinance that bans the petroleum-based packaging product that is harmful to the environment.
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PublishedJune 10, 2012
Portland art installation victim of ‘yarn bombing’
PORTLAND — This ain’t your grandma’s knitting circle.
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