The free March 1 concert will feature the work of French women composers, including some who actively resisted Hitler.
Steve Collins
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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.
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The former slave’s memoir that was saved from a fire is a key part of the American story
Harriet Beecher Stowe met Josiah Henson, who became a model, in part, for her novel ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin.’
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Special performance to honor those slain in Lewiston mass shooting
At the end of “Celebrating French Music, the History Makers, the History Changers” concert, organizers plan something special to honor the 18 people slain in the October 25 mass shooting in Lewiston. The musical memorial performance will feature French composer Gabriel Fauré’s famed “Requiem” performed by a collaboration among singers connected to Bates College and […]
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Franco-American Collection at USM’s Lewiston-Auburn College to hold 50th anniversary event
LEWISTON — The Franco-American Collection will be celebrating its 50th year with a free special event on Wednesday, Feb. 28, in the atrium at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston campus. The center has actually been around for 52 years. “We’re late,” said Anna Faherty, the collection’s archivist, explaining that the COVID-19 pandemic delayed plans […]
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Every member of Bates College’s famed debate team resigns
The college says it will look into the turmoil as Brooks Quimby Debate Council submits resignation letter.
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Bettyann Sheats is running for state Senate in Auburn
After a narrow loss in 2022, the Democratic veteran hopes to snag the 20th District seat in November.
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Peggy Rotundo seeks another term as Lewiston’s state senator
The Lewiston Democrat has been active over the years with many organizations, including the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, the Promise Early Education Center and LA Arts.
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Bates College expects to inaugurate its president May 4
The ceremony had to be rescheduled after an October mass shooting in Lewiston disrupted plans.
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Long-lost murals from a Chicago courtroom turn up in Maine
Murals detailing the history of law vanished during the 1965 demolition of Chicago’s courthouse.
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Bates College to turn former convent into a new dorm
Work on the former home for the Society of the Sisters of Charity is slated for completion before the fall semester.