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SARA DONNELLY

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Out-of-body politic

Peace, protest, and pig grenades in Second Life
The January 27 march against the Iraq War in Washington DC attracted tens of thousands of protestors, but did it crash the Capitol? Its virtual counterpart did.

By: SARA DONNELLY | February 07, 2007

They're watching you

Bugged Levis, unauthorized sex tapes, leaked medical records — is nothing sacred anymore?
A guide for privacy for Mainers and beyond.

By: SARA DONNELLY | August 30, 2006

Moving on up

Eli Pariser talks about virtual campaigning, winning back the house, and his move back to New England
The first time I met Eli Pariser, I had to stand in line to get to him.

By: SARA DONNELLY | July 05, 2006

Crypt keepers

The geek ghouls of the lost Haunted Mansion hang on to their wicked years
The Mansion, which opened in 1979 and closed after the summer of 1995, elevated terror to a kind of religion thanks to a core group of self-described outsiders. Audio slideshow: Sara Donnelly narrates the history of the Haunted Mansion.

By: SARA DONNELLY | June 22, 2006

Ditched

Did Maine’s US senators betray women during the recent battles for the Supreme Court bench?
Olympia Snowe would protect me, I thought. I continued to believe that right up until January 31, when she voted to support George W. Bush’s Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.

By: SARA DONNELLY | March 02, 2006

Growing pains

After decades spent partying, is the Old Port — gasp — getting old?
Three years after his nephew was pummeled so hard in the Old Port one night he was sent to the hospital with face fractures, former bar owner Will Gorham, now a city councilor, is leading the charge to clean up Portland’s nightlife.

By: SARA DONNELLY | January 25, 2006

Gays and the GOP

Helping homosexuals come out of the closet . . . as Republicans
The latest chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans launched on December 30 in Portland.

By: SARA DONNELLY | January 05, 2006

Peace corps

Maine’s anti-war activists have found a way to make their congressional delegates listen. Now they’re sharing it with people in other states
In December 2004, 13 anti-war activists gathered in Senator Susan Collins’s office in Portland, Maine. They read the names of American soldiers who had died in the Iraq war, as well as an equal number of Iraqi civilians who had died.

By: SARA DONNELLY | January 18, 2006

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