The settlement between the Lewiston college and former head football coach Malik Hall says nothing about a variety of racial claims.
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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A Lewiston shooting survivor is back in the game
‘It’s about showing up,’ Ben Dyer said as he played cornhole for the first time since the Oct. 25 mass shooting.
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Lewiston massacre spurs creation of an anthology of Maine stories
New book’s proceeds will help fund a gun control charity.
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State lawmakers push passenger rail service for central Maine
Proposal calls for train connection between Lewiston, Auburn, Waterville and Bangor to Portland.
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Food justice a tasty topic at Bates College
Martin Luther King Jr. Day puts focus on ‘healthier, fairer and more sustainable food system.’
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There may be a mass shooting memorial in Lewiston’s future
Across America, cities and towns have erected memorials after mass shootings to provide a place to mourn and perhaps heal
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Lewiston bowling alley preparing to reopen after mass shooting
A social media post says ‘We look forward to seeing everyone soon.’
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Fund opens applications for aid to Lewiston mass shooting victims
More than $2.4 million available for families and survivors of the Oct. 25 mass shooting.
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Maine may require property sellers to disclose flood risk
With flooding on the rise as Maine’s weather changes, lawmakers eye measure to lessen economic impact.
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Jared Golden opposes decision to bar Trump from Maine ballot
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree is the only member of Maine’s congressional delegation who expressed support for the decision to keep Donald Trump off the the Republican primary ballot.