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- 1 2 Meara, Emmet (January 8, 2001). "Speaker Saxl credits career to term limits Portland Dem faces 2002 ouster". Bangor Daily News . p. A1. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
- ↑ "PORTLAND'S BOOM MASKS A POORER SLIDE". The New York Times. December 28, 1986. p. 36. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
- ↑ "7 arrested in attempt to block demolition of 19th century building in Portland". Bangor Daily News . June 21, 1988.
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