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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PublishedJuly 8, 2012
Local event raises funds to aid far-off medical clinic
A community group and a nonprofit team up to send supplies to the newly independent South Sudan.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2012
Fireworks ‘pure terror’ at nearby farm
Susan Campbell says the display was worse than she imagined, comparing it to feeling like she was in a war zone.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2012
Bay State boy, 14, seriously injured when ATV rolls over
WATERBORO — Authorities are investigating whether charges should be filed in the wake of an ATV accident that seriously injured a 14-year-old boy from Saugus, Mass. The accident occurred around 9:45 p.m. Friday, as the boy was turning from Blueberry Lane into a local campground, according to John MacDonald, spokesman for the Maine Warden Service. […]
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PublishedJuly 7, 2012
Man who died in buoy accident identified as local film actor
Thomas McNamara of Kennebunk slipped off a navigational buoy and struck his head before slipping below the surface of the water.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2012
Mirror image: Maine video goes viral
A Portland man has a chat with himself by splicing an old video with new footage.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2012
Two seriously injured in Arundel accident
Florien Turcotte and Annette LaCourse were loading a riding mower onto a trailer when they were hit by a pickup truck.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2012
Driver, 77, leads police on a low-speed chase
After backing into a police cruiser, the man is taken to a hospital because of a medical condition.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2012
Portland fireworks display goes off almost flawlessly
The fireworks and a concert by the Portland Symphony Orchestra drew about 30,000 people to the Eastern Promenade.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2012
Elderly man leads police on low-speed chase
The driver apparently suffered from a medical condition and was taken to Maine Medical Center.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2012
Body of Mass. man, 25, found off Kennebunk
The unidentified man apparently hit his head as he dove from a buoy and did not resurface.
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