The filing alleges malicious conduct by the former Lewiston business for showing ‘hostility and contempt’ to family members worried about loved ones’ remains
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 inElections, Maine, Politics
A Bangor Democrat takes aim at Jared Golden in potential primary
Michael Sutton jumped into the race after Golden voted against the Build Back Better Act last week
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Posted inElections, Maine, Politics
‘A little, weak Democrat could beat me up’: Congressional candidate Mike Perkins in hospital with COVID-19
Republican hopeful says he’s feeling ‘like I got hit by a tractor-trailer and then the truck backed up and hit me again.’
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
School board seats from Minot up for grabs in town election
Paperwork for potential candidates will be available Wednesday and must be completed before Jan. 3.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Jared Golden takes flak from Democratic allies for opposing Build Back Better bill
The Lewiston Democrat was the only member of his party in the U.S. House to oppose measure pushed by President Biden.
Posted inElections, Maine, Politics
Democrats criticize Bruce Poliquin for aiding a group that opposes gay marriage
The leading Republican congressional contender in Maine’s 2nd District is scheduled to help train politically-minded Christian activists at a session sponsored by an anti-gay group.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
Faced with a COVID-19 outbreak, Minot school goes remote until after Thanksgiving
Seventeen students and two adults tested positive for the disease and others must quarantine, officials said
Posted inElections, Lewiston-Auburn, Politics
Peggy Rotundo seeks to reclaim state Senate seat she last held in 2008
A popular Lewiston Democrat aims to succeed Sen. Nate Libby, who can not run again due to term limits
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Politics
Wales lawmaker out of hospital after COVID-19; still speaking out against vaccine
Randall Greenwood, who is recovering at home after a 12-day hospital stay that included time on a ventilator, says he won’t get vaccinated.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
FEZtival of Trees to open Friday, but without online raffle
A legal glitch prevented Lewiston’s Kora Shrine Temple from repeating the successful online fundraiser it held last year and hopes to hold again in the future.