Spurred by a mauling in Gardiner last summer, legislators consider creating a new law to keep owners on the scene when their dogs assault someone.
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, News
Ben Carson hails efforts to remove lead from Lewiston homes
In whirlwind tour, the nation’s HUD secretary saw federal programs in action.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Politics
Seniors need more attention and help, Susan Collins says
Speaking to Meals on Wheels backers in Auburn, Maine’s senior senator discusses problems facing aging Mainers.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Nation / World, News
Former prosecutor says public likely to be disappointed by Mueller report
Joyce White Vance tells a crowd at Bates College that special counsel Robert Mueller is upholding the rule of law.
Posted inLocal News, Maine, News, Oxford Hills, Rumford Falls Times
Wayne Gallant case spurs legislators to eye ways to deal with wayward elected officials
Sen. Lisa Keim, R-Oxford, says changes are needed to protect public integrity.
Posted inMaine, Sports
You’re not breaking the law by entering an office March Madness tournament office pool
Betting on the NCAA basketball tournament is generally legal in Maine.
Posted inOxford Hills
Trash can fire quickly extinguished at Norway Dunkin’ Donuts
Trash can fire quickly extinguished.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Lawmakers want to take a bite out of puppy sales
Proposed legislation would bar the few traditional pet stores left in Maine from selling dogs and cats.
Posted inMaine
Susan Collins’ only challenger collecting cans and bottles to fund campaign
Independent Danielle Ravyn VanHelsing seeks campaign cash while cleaning up Maine.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
‘Intimidating’ signs posted near Bates College campus
“IT’S OKAY TO BE WHITE” signs were posted Sunday on utility polls near the Bates College campus.