Steve Collins – Page 119 – 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.

Lewiston-Auburn

Spaghetti dinner raises $18,000 for Auburn scam victim

by Steve Collins January 10, 2020January 11, 2020

Barbara Hinckley got help from the community and former Gov. John Baldacci.

Business, Maine

Major labor law overhaul sought by Maine lawmakers

by Steve Collins January 9, 2020January 10, 2020

Democratic U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden back a measure that would block right-to-work laws and bolster America’s struggling unions.

Maine, Politics

Jared Golden calls on Nancy Pelosi to hand over impeachment charges to Senate

by Steve Collins January 9, 2020January 10, 2020

The 2nd Congressional District Democrat said he wishes the House had tried harder to force testimony from key witnesses to dealings with Ukraine.

Lewiston-Auburn, Maine

Dinner raises money for 95-year-old Auburn woman who fell victim to scam

by Steve Collins January 8, 2020May 18, 2022

Hundreds attend spaghetti dinner to help Barbara Hinckley replace money she lost to a scammer last summer.

Lewiston-Auburn

Baldacci looking forward to big spaghetti dinner fundraiser in Auburn

by Steve Collins January 7, 2020January 8, 2020

Hundreds expected to attend Wednesday fundraiser for Barbara Hinckley, who lost life savings in a scam.

Maine, Nation / World, News, Oxford Hills

Divisions at Seeds of Peace bring conflict to famed nonprofit

by Steve Collins January 6, 2020January 7, 2020

The recently ousted camp director in Maine declares its board is unrepresentative of the organization’s mission and caters to wealthy donors.

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P.T. Barnum’s Maine Giantess wasn’t 8-feet tall but she was from Wilton

by Steve Collins January 5, 2020January 3, 2020

Sylvia Hardy of Wilton, the tallest woman of her time, won fame in the mid-1800s as P.T. Barnum’s Maine Giantess.

Business, Maine, New England

Avangrid betting big on renewable energy

by Steve Collins January 4, 2020January 5, 2020

In addition to its controversial transmission line project in Maine, the firm is pushing two big wind farms off the coast of Nantucket Island to furnish green power to New England.