Steve Collins – Page 116 – 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, Maine

State drops proposal that could have cut children’s services

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020

Head of Margaret Murphy Centers for Children said DHHS pulled proposal.

Maine, Politics

Once wary, Eric Brakey has come to embrace Donald Trump

by Steve Collins February 12, 2020September 14, 2020

The Republican congressional hopeful once called him “a disaster,” but now, locked in a three-way primary, views Trump as “the best president in my lifetime.”

Maine Crime

Police Log

February 10, 2020February 11, 2020

Charges Lewiston Lauren Discher, 32, of 105 Wood St., on a charge of aggravated assault and domestic violence assault, 10:50 p.m. Sunday at that address. Ali Mohamed, 21, of 107 Pierce St., on a warrant for failure to appear, 2:52 a.m. Monday at 248 Blake St. Auburn Adan Issack, 18, of 158 Blake St, Apt. […]

Lewiston-Auburn

Garage fire in Mechanic Falls draws wide response

by Sun Journal staff report February 10, 2020February 11, 2020

Salley’s Auto Sales and Repair on Route 11 suffered heavy damage Monday night.

Lewiston-Auburn, Maine

Bates College breaks record for Fulbright award winners

by Steve Collins February 10, 2020February 11, 2020

The top Fulbright producer among liberal arts college for two of the past three years, Bates’ 24 honorees this year are the most any college of its type has ever had.