Rockland activists, whose work is featured in new Netflix documentary airing Friday in Camden, seeks social justice by preserving, fostering rare languages.
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.
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Bloomberg backers stop in Lewiston to make case for former New York City mayor
They say Bernie Sanders at the top of the Democratic ticket would hurt U.S. Rep. Jared Golden’s reelection chances.
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Susan Collins complains about misleading campaign advertising
At Republican dinner Saturday in Lewiston that barred the press, Maine’s senior senator expresses hope for winning a fifth term this year.
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‘Cult’ leader Gary Blankenship loses eviction fight in St. Agatha
Facebook followers told he will look for “someplace warmer”
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‘Cult’ leader in St. Agatha may face eviction
Gary Blankenship has a court date Friday that could lead to him moving farther “off the radar.”
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Tens of thousands of Mainers may face exposure to excessive levels of arsenic
Lawmakers consider a bill to spur more testing of private wells and perhaps lower the allowable amount of arsenic in drinking water.
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Abortion foe from Auburn to challenge Susan Collins
Linda Wooten, a former Republican state committee member, is entering the U.S. Senate race as “the only pro-life candidate.”
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State drops proposal that could have cut children’s services
Head of Margaret Murphy Centers for Children said DHHS pulled proposal.
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Once wary, Eric Brakey has come to embrace Donald Trump
The Republican congressional hopeful once called him “a disaster,” but now, locked in a three-way primary, views Trump as “the best president in my lifetime.”
Posted inMaine Crime
Police Log
Charges Lewiston Lauren Discher, 32, of 105 Wood St., on a charge of aggravated assault and domestic violence assault, 10:50 p.m. Sunday at that address. Ali Mohamed, 21, of 107 Pierce St., on a warrant for failure to appear, 2:52 a.m. Monday at 248 Blake St. Auburn Adan Issack, 18, of 158 Blake St, Apt. […]