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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.
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Superintendent Tim Matheney called it "the most vile email message" he'd seen during 35 years working in education.
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The city of South Portland says that Willard Beach will re-open tomorrow, after a wastewater discharge pipe near the beach burst last Thursday.
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The amount of bacteria at the South Portland beach remains too high for Maine's safe swimming standards.
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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.
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The new rules would require many tanks to install a "fenceline" monitoring system, which would measure emissions around the facility and frequently collect and analyze data.
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The two cities are looking for about $10 million, the last of the funds needed to move forward with a long anticipated waterfront dredging project.
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Maine's largest cities say they have been flooded with applications for the new senior property tax stabilization program.
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South Portland has passed a new rule requiring developers to consider electric vehicle charging infrastructure when building new parking areas. The new ordinance applies to new or reconstructed parking lots with at least five parking spaces.
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The city passed a six-month moratorium in June, after tenants of South Portland's Redbank Village apartments faced rent increases of hundreds of dollars.