"Occupy Maine" group keeps demonstrations alive in Portland

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By Clarke Canfield, Associated Press
Published on Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 2:02 pm | Last updated on Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 at 2:02 pm

ORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A small group of people that gathered early this month to air displeasure with the nation's corporate and political ways is now its second week of demonstrations in Portland.

A group calling itself OccupyMaine started as an offshoot of an Occupy Wall Street demonstration, which started in New York City last month.

The group shows up at Portland's Monument Square every day to hold signs and offer information on what they call corporate greed, political corruption and the need for change. At night, more than 20 of them have been camping at a city park a few blocks away ...

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