Steve Collins – Page 110 – Lewiston Sun Journal

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Steve Collins became an opinion columnist for the Maine Trust for Local News in April of 2025. A journalist since 1987, Steve has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine and served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. The Maine Press Association named him Maine's Journalist of the Year in 2022. Among his other awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award, the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015 and the Bob Wallack Community Journalism Award from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. Steve is a founder and board president of Youth Journalism International, a charity that teaches students around the globe about news writing, media literacy and issues of the day. His wife, Jackie Majerus, serves as its executive director. Born in Massachusetts, he grew up in a military family that took him to Norway, Ohio and Virginia, where he earned a degree in history from the University of Virginia. He and Jackie live in Auburn. They have two adult children, two collies and not enough time.

Business, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine

Social distancing around Lewiston-Auburn not always obeyed or enforced

by Steve Collins April 24, 2020April 27, 2020

It’s clear, though, that most people in the Twin Cities are trying to follow the rules to avoid spreading COVID-19.

Lewiston-Auburn, Maine

Jared Golden says Congress should stay in session

by Steve Collins April 23, 2020April 24, 2020

Lewiston congressman says there’s too much critical work for him to do everything at his kitchen table.

Business, Maine

Maine Turnpike anticipates many more people on the road by summer

by Steve Collins April 23, 2020April 24, 2020

After seeing half its traffic volume vanish since mid-March, highway officials anticipate they’ll be down 10% per month from July through December.

Business, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine

Androscoggin Mill looks for outside sources of pulp to keep making paper in Jay

by Steve Collins April 22, 2020April 24, 2020

Blast wrecked the mill’s ability to make its own pulp, but it’s possible to haul it in from elsewhere and continue operations.

Lewiston-Auburn, River Valley, Schools & Education

Education-minded Bates student serves Rumford on school board

by Steve Collins April 22, 2020April 23, 2020

Travis Palmer, 21, is coping with remote learning at college while helping ensure RSU 10 students are taught and fed during pandemic.

Maine

Paul LePage wants to help Maine cope with COVID-19

by Steve Collins April 20, 2020April 21, 2020

“I would offer my services to fly back right now and to sit” with Janet Mills to work to deal with unemployment claims and more, LePage said.

Maine, Politics

When protesters gathered in Augusta, one candidate stayed home with her sign

by Steve Collins April 20, 2020April 22, 2020

Bangor’s Adrienne Bennett held a virtual protest rather than risk attending a rally in Augusta calling for the state to reopen, a position she endorsed.