Project would consolidate Auburn and Lewiston courts into one Lisbon Street facility.
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, Politics
Tuesday offers Mainers a chance to help pick a president
Democratic and Republican primaries offer new options but familiar candidates.
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Lewiston shooting survivors share memories, fears, frustrations with panel investigating tragedy
Commission heard from victims and others impacted by the shootings.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Politics
State Rep. from Auburn Adam Lee seeks second term in State House
State Rep. Adam Lee earned a bachelor’s degree in history at the University of Texas in Austin and a law degree from the University of Vermont Law School.
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Concert to highlight French Resistance female musicians and an Auburn connection
The free March 1 concert will feature the work of French women composers, including some who actively resisted Hitler.
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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.
Posted inElections, Lewiston-Auburn
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.