Salley’s Auto Sales and Repair on Route 11 suffered heavy damage Monday night.
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
Bates College breaks record for Fulbright award winners
The top Fulbright producer among liberal arts college for two of the past three years, Bates’ 24 honorees this year are the most any college of its type has ever had.
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Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Environmental regulators say Lewiston scrap metal firm violated clean water laws
Grimmel Industries and two related companies in Oakland and Topsham must pay a $250,000 fine to the EPA and end pollution practices.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Politics
Susan Collins says she doesn’t know who she’ll vote for in November
After refusing to back Donald Trump in 2016, Maine’s senior senator said Friday she hasn’t thought about whether to back him at the polls this year.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Politics
Three Republicans debate who is the best candidate to replace Jared Golden in Congress
The Lewiston debate showcased strong commitment to Donald Trump by all three hopefuls but found sharp differences on foreign policy.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Jared Golden endorses a presidential candidate he can’t vote for in the primary
The Democratic congressman from Maine’s 2nd District said he backs U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado
Posted inMaine, Politics
Eric Brakey holds fundraising lead in race for 2nd Congressional District
He will join two other Republicans in a debate Thursday at Lewiston Middle School.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Voters in Maine to make presidential picks March 3
A referendum on a new vaccination law will also be on the ballot.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Harlem’s Baby College starts young
Latasha Morgan, director of the Baby College at the Harlem Children’s Zone, makes the Energizer Bunny look like a slacker. Morgan, who has worked for the New York nonprofit for 18 years, said its Baby College is a pretty simple concept: It takes about 75 parents of newborns and has them attend nine consecutive Saturday […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston educators head to Harlem in search of ideas to address poverty
What they saw, they said, might help transform the community by raising students and families from generations of hardship.