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		<title>ATTENTION: All new pieces now at Augusta Insider</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re wondering why I have stopped updating the site there is a reason for that. All of my mew articles are featured in the Maine View section of the Augusta Insider. The archives will remain here for the duration. Please visit me, and all of the other contributors, over at the Augusta Insider. Update [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaineview.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181767&amp;post=1438&amp;subd=themaineview&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Video Conferencing a Boon to Maine Students</title>
		<link>http://themaineview.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/video-conferencing-a-boon-to-maine-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Cross Posted @ Augusta Insider) Congresswoman Chellie Pingree secured $473,000 for developing video conferencing in Maine schools.  12 vocational schools and technical centers in 11 counties will receive part of the grant.  The video conferencing technology allows a class to be broadcast to anyone over the network.  This broadcast is not one way.  The instructor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaineview.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181767&amp;post=1435&amp;subd=themaineview&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Post: Maine Fishermen Think Outside the Net</title>
		<link>http://themaineview.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/mefishermen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[community supported fisheries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Braddock Spear of the Sustainable Ocean Project Fishermen are among the most innovative people in the world. They have to be in order to make a living and survive as an industry. The Midcoast Fishermen’s Cooperative is changing the way they do business with an eye toward sustainability of their livelihood and the resources [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaineview.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181767&amp;post=1433&amp;subd=themaineview&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does Maine Education Make the Grade?</title>
		<link>http://themaineview.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/meedgrade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Matthew Stone has reported, a new study grading state&#8217;s education innovation came out recently.  The study, conducted by the Center for American Progress, the  American Enterprise Institute and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  The study explored how well states fostered innovations such as charter schools, use of technology, and transparency to name a few [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaineview.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181767&amp;post=1429&amp;subd=themaineview&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Charter Schools: The Educational Equivalent of the Snuggie?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charter schools are still a hot education topic in Maine.  A meeting in Augusta last month rekindled the fire.  Opponents of charter schools in Maine fear what will become of public schools.  They categorize charters as a slight to the hard work done in public schools.  Charters, some believe, undermine the public school system and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaineview.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181767&amp;post=1426&amp;subd=themaineview&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Post: Truth Pressed to the Earth will Rise Again</title>
		<link>http://themaineview.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/harrisparnellsamesexmarriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Harris Parnell (State Director of The League of Young Voters) On the historic election day of 2008, Equality Maine, the LGBTQ rights group here in Vacationland, worked with hundreds of volunteers across the state and gathered over 30,000 signatures in favor of marriage equality.  30,000 signatures, in case you’re wondering, is an astonishing number [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaineview.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181767&amp;post=1422&amp;subd=themaineview&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Now The MEA Wants the Glory</title>
		<link>http://themaineview.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/littleredmeahen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a prolonged silence on Question 3 and declaring it was not important enough for a public statement, the MEA wants the glory.  A recent congratulatory email to MEA members has an interesting bit in its sidebar.  &#8220;The voters have spoken&#8221;  the email states.  Below that it reads No on 2, No on 3, No [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaineview.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181767&amp;post=1418&amp;subd=themaineview&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>School Consolidation Remains in Place</title>
		<link>http://themaineview.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/schoolconsolidationremains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Connerty-Marin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Cross-posted @Augusta Insider) Voters rejected a repeal of school consolidation in Maine yesterday.  Question 3 failed 58% to 42%.  Pundits almost universally predicted Question 3&#8242;s failure.  Even those that called victory for Yes on 3 weren&#8217;t particularly solid on those predictions.  This was a hard one to game, so it&#8217;s understandable.  What do the final [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaineview.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181767&amp;post=1415&amp;subd=themaineview&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Final Statement From Yes on 3</title>
		<link>http://themaineview.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/finalyeson3statement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maine Coalition to Save Schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to everyone who voted Yes on 3 and helped the effort.  Now we work to get the changes made that consolidation needs!  I&#8217;ll be doing a full analysis of Question 3 later at the Augusta Insider.  Read a statement from Skip Greenlaw after the cut. Stonington-  Maine Coalition to Save Schools Chair, Skip [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaineview.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181767&amp;post=1412&amp;subd=themaineview&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry to Hold Interfaith Candlelight Vigils</title>
		<link>http://themaineview.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/freedommarryvigils/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Portland, Maine (Sunday, November 1, 2009) &#8212; This weekend, faith leaders from the Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry in Maine, will hold interfaith candlelight vigils in communities across the state to remind people of all faiths to vote NO on Question 1. &#8220;We will gather in candlelight this weekend to pray that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaineview.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181767&amp;post=1410&amp;subd=themaineview&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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