| |  | | Top 10 for New England's Best Cities - 2012
GoLocal
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| | | | Seventh Greenest City - 2012
Travel & Leisure
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| | | | Best City in the US for Second Acts - 2012
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
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| | | | Top 10 for Job Prospects - 2012
Forbes.com
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| | | | 3rd Best City for Families in the US - 2012
Parenting Magazine
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| | | | Top 100 Places to Live in the United State - 2010
Relocate America
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| | | | Top 10 for Small Business Vitality - 2010
Portfolio.com
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| | | | America's Foodiest Small Town - 2009
Bon Appetit
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| | | | America's Most Livable City - 2009
Forbes.com
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| | | | Commercial St Named a Great Place in America - 2008
American Planning Association
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| | | | Top 10 Place to Retire - 2007
US News and World Report
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| | | | Best City for Mid-Level Professionals - 2007
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
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Organic Gardening Magazine
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DogFriendly.com
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Business Week
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| | | | Top twelve surprising, thriving and emerging world travel destinations - 2007 Frommer’s Travel Guides
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Self Magazine
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| | | | Included in Boom Town List of Hottest Cities for Entrepreneurs - 2006
Inc. Magazine
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| | | | Top 50 Places for Business and Careers - 2006
Forbes Magazine |
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| | | | Maine named as the second-safest and fourth-healthiest state in the Nation. Morgan Quitno Press, 2006 |
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| | | | Top 100 “Best Performing Cities” in the Nation - 2006
Milken Institute
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| | | | Ranked #7 on the list of the 100 Best Art Towns in America - 2005
Countryman Press
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| | | | Ranked #15 in medium sized Top U.S. Cities for Doing Business - 2005
Inc. Magazine |
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| | | | Named #1 Top Market in Small Business Vitality - 2005
American City Business Journal
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| | | | Ranked #14 in Best Performing Cities index - 2004
Milken Institute |
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| | | | Top 10 Great Adventure Towns - 2004
National Geographic Adventure Magazine |
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| | | | Named #23 in the Top 25 Cities for Doing Business in America - 2004
Inc. Magazine |
| | | | Listed #6 as one of the ten safest, culturally most fascinating U.S.Cities - 2004
Travel Smart Consumer Newsletter |
| | | | Named Bike Town USA - 2004
Bike Town Magazine |
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| | | | Ranked 4th among the 10 Perfect Places to Live in America - 2003
Fine Living Cable Network |
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| | | | America's Dozen Distinctive Destination - 2003
National Trust for Historic Preservation
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| | | | Portland is rated One of the 50 Cities that Sizzle - 2001
National Restaurant Association |
| | | | Included Among North America's 10 Dream Towns - 1999
Outside Magazine
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