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- ↑ "Portland's mayor will earn $65,400". Portland Press Herald. July 19, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ↑ "City Charter of Portland, Maine". City of Portland. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Donald R. Slipp Obituary: View Donald Slipp's Obituary by Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram" . Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ↑ "PORTLAND DEMOCRATIC. William M. Ingraham Elected Mayor by a Small Plurality" (PDF). The New York Times . Portland, Maine. December 8, 1914. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ↑ "MITCHELL COPE" . Retrieved December 23, 2014.
- ↑ Kennebec Journal, 7 December 1972, p. 7
- ↑ "Ex-Portland mayor draws jail sentence". The Nashua Telegraph . September 11, 1980. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
- ↑ "Former mayor of Portland dies> Bruce Taliento, 48, found dead at Old Orchard Beach home". Archive. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- ↑ Portland Press Herald, August 30, 2000, page 3B
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