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Steve Collins
Columnist
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.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Angus King calls for investigation of Navy captain’s removal
Maine politicians spoke out Tuesday against a Navy leader, who resigned at day’s end, for his handling of the removal of a captain who sought to protect the crew of his COVID-19-stricken aircraft carrier.
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Posted inMaine, Nation / World, Politics
Mainers among the worst in providing answers to U.S. Census
State lags well behind the national average.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Bates College cancels its traditional commencement this year
Faced with the threat of COVID-19, the college plans to hold a virtual graduation ceremony online instead May 31.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Bates professor leads effort to print coronavirus protective gear
Personnel at Bates, Colby and Bowdoin colleges are working together to use 3-D printers to make visors for face shields needed by medical staff and first responders.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Politics
Simones’ Hot Dog Stand is closed, for now, but not forgotten
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins cites Simones’ Hot Dog Stand, a Lewiston landmark since 1908, as a reason for federal COVID-19 help for small businesses.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Maine hospitals face financial crunch but remain focused on coronavirus crisis
The state’s hospitals have seen revenues dip by 50% in recent days because they shifted from normal services to preparing for a surge of COVID-19 patients.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Are people fleeing to Maine to escape COVID-19 hot spots?
There is little evidence that more than a smattering of Massachusetts visitors, many with second homes here, have shown up in Maine with plans to stay for a while.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine Turnpike traffic volume hits record lows as economy slows
Traffic is the slowest in decades, officials said, showing the impact of COVID-19 on the state’s highways.
Posted inMaine
Community steps up to help hospital cope with health crisis
Maine health care students help their hard-pressed future colleagues, Bates College, businesses and others also offer assistance.