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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PublishedApril 16, 2014
Portland to appeal ruling on panhandling ban
Portland’s city attorney will seek a delay as a federal appeals court in Boston weighs a similar case from Worcester, Mass.
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PublishedApril 11, 2014
Narrow Gauge Railroad’s move from Portland is slow process
Its plan to build a museum and new rail line in Gray and move by 2016 will advance Friday when it receives a key deed to land.
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PublishedApril 9, 2014
Maine’s high court takes up dispute over Portland plaza
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is weighing the legality of a referendum effort to reverse the sale of Congress Square Plaza.
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PublishedApril 8, 2014
Portland City Council allocates $3.4 million in grant funding
But a bid to eliminate a $30,000 grant for Florence House draws much of the councilors’ attention.
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PublishedApril 7, 2014
Portland council denies liquor license for Sangillo’s
The bar’s attorney says it will appeal the 5-4 vote to the state liquor board. Police asked for Sangillo’s to be shut down.
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PublishedApril 7, 2014
Portland councilors offer city manager a one-year extension
Mark Rees will earn just under $146,600 for the next year and continue to receive a $450 monthly automobile allowance.
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PublishedApril 4, 2014
Talks of seizing land for Portland cargo terminal drag on
The Maine DOT’s plan to allow cargo to go from ships to trains is tied up in eminent domain bargaining that the shoreland owner calls ‘painful.’
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PublishedMarch 28, 2014
Pro-choice group’s endorsement of Michaud draws criticism from Cutler
Eliot Cutler’s campaign says what Michaud calls an evolution on the issue just shows a lack of conviction.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2014
Developer plans 25 to 40 units of senior housing in Portland
Some neighbors already oppose Avesta Housing’s plan to build apartments at the end of a dead-end road off Congress Street.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2014
Portland looks to restore Capisic Pond
The $2.1 million project would excavate the man-made pond to improve the area’s recreational value and habitat for wading birds.
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