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- 1 2 Public Officers of the Massachusetts General Court 1980-81 . Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Chicopee: Demers Elected Mayor; Many Aldermen Ousted". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1965.
- ↑ "Chicopee: Mayor Demers Is Reelected". The Boston Globe. November 8, 1967.
- ↑ "Ziemba Mayor Of Chicopee". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1969.