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- ↑ Burns, Christopher (5 March 2020). "Erin Herbig leaving Maine Senate to become Belfast city manager". Bangor Daily News. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ↑ "City Manager". Belfast, Maine. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ↑ "Erin Herbig". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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