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South Portland school superintendent Tim Matheney says the district needs to cut $5 million dollars from its proposed budget, and that it will result in layoffs.

The project from PK Realty Management called for mixed-use apartment buildings ranging in size from five stories, to 12 or 13 stories, to be built over one to two decades. The proposal faced pushback from South Portland residents.

South Portland has operated its own bus service since it left METRO back in 1983 but is expected to return to the Portland regional system before the end of the year.

Developers have proposed zoning changes that would eventually allow for the development of 1,000 housing units, along with retail space and a hotel, near Bug Light Park in South Portland.

New maps show that seven neighborhoods will be particularly vulnerable to flooding during three broad scenarios — daily high tides, the occasional astronomical, or "king" tide, and major storms — within the next 25 to 75 years.

Many residents say they want the city of South Portland to recreate the historic and beloved Willard Beach fishing shacks that were wiped away in last month's storm. But city officials caution that a rebuild could get complicated.

Superintendent Tim Matheney called it "the most vile email message" he'd seen during 35 years working in education.

The city of South Portland says that Willard Beach will re-open tomorrow, after a wastewater discharge pipe near the beach burst last Thursday.

The amount of bacteria at the South Portland beach remains too high for Maine's safe swimming standards.

South Portland's Willard beach is expected to be closed until at least Tuesday after a sewer pipe burst near Southern Maine Community College Thursday afternoon.