Auburn state senator uses humor to defend Republican agenda outlined in controversial Project 2025.
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.
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PAL Center groundbreaking ‘a great day for Auburn and for its children’
Officials hail construction start for $9 million Chestnut Street facility slated to open next year.
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Sen. Susan Collins expresses sadness at President Biden’s ‘cognitive decline’
Maine’s senior senator, a Republican, says it’s up to Biden and Democrats to decide whether he should remain on ballot.
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Landmark church in downtown Auburn is for sale
The Court Street Baptist Church, built in 1869, is on the market for $450,000.
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Man accused of killing drug kingpin Alpo Martinez acquitted in New York
Martinez lived in Lewiston for five years in the witness protection program before returning to New York, where he was murdered in 2021.
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Lewiston firm in a pickle over Pickle Juice clampdown
Lawsuit against a Texas beverage maker seeks to restore ability to sell products on Amazon.
Posted inbPlus, Sports
Remembering Lewiston legend Bill ‘Rough’ Carrigan
He was a star Maine athlete, played with Babe Ruth and managed the Red Sox to two World Series, before returning home to a much more normal life.
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The deadliest-ever day for public safety officers in Auburn and Lewiston
75 years ago, two fire trucks crashed into each other in Auburn, killing three men.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, Nation / World
Jared Golden seeks to honor actor James Earl Jones
Congressional Gold Medal eyed for actor who provided the voice of Darth Vader in the original “Star Wars” movies.
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Auburn psychologist killed in Maine Turnpike crash
A 49-year-old refugee, husband and father who built a successful life in America died Monday after a tire hit his car.