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- ↑ "Maine House of Representatives: Michelle Ann Dunphy" . Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ↑ "Lawmakers kick off a pandemic-altered session". Bangor Daily News. 2 December 2020.
- ↑ McCrea, Nick (January 25, 2015). "Lawmaker hopes to bring passenger rail service back to Bangor". Bangor Daily News . Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Meet Maine Representative Michelle Dunphy". CSG ERC. 30 January 2017.
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