Garry Jenkins said the college needs to help some students pay for necessary extras.
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 inMaine, Politics
Young people need more social media protection, senators say
Maine’s Angus King backs a bipartisan bill to restrict use by youngsters and clamp down on tech firms.
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Posted inElections, Oxford Hills
David Duguay seeks open state Senate seat in Maine District 19
The Republican from Byron is a longtime Oxford County commissioner.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
To cope with homeless issue, Bates professor says to start by showing grace
Bates College professor Paul Schofield tells advocates to avoid clashing with allies.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Bates’ new president promises to build closer ties between Bates and its community
Auburn and Lewiston mayors see hope for closer ties to the historic college.
Posted inMaine Crime, Oxford Hills
Watch: Police arrest suspect after chase and gunfire on Route 117 in Paris
A witness describes a chaotic scene when a man in a hospital gown crashed a police car, shot at officers, took off in another police vehicle before crashing again and finally being apprehended by police.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Watch: Police arrest suspect in pursuit, shooting incident on Route 117 in Paris
A witness describes a chaotic scene when a man in a hospital gown crashed a police car, shot at officers, took off in another police vehicle before crashing again and finally being apprehended by police.
Posted inSchools & Education
The presidents of Bates College
1863-1894, Oren Cheney 1894-1919, George Colby Chase 1920-1944, Clifton Daggett Gray 1944-1967, Charles Phillips 1967-1989, Thomas Reynolds 1989-2002, Donald Harward 2002-2011, Elaine Tuttle Hansen 2012-2023, Clayton Spencer 2023-present, Garry Jenkins
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Garry Jenkins formally installed as 9th president of Bates College
‘A joyful day’ for college as it recognizes its first Black and gay leader.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Just-In-Time Recreation one of few mass shooting sites in country to reopen
This week’s planned reopening of Lewiston bowling alley at 24 Mollison Way runs counter to national trend.