A journalist since 1987, Steve Collins has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine. He has served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. Among his awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award and the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015. Collins 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-Collins, 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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PublishedJune 17, 2023
Politics and public safety clash as sheriff and mayor feud
The fate of a proposed new building for the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office hangs in the balance
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PublishedJune 13, 2023
Ukraine needs more missiles, tanks and planes from U.S., says Maine’s Jared Golden
2nd District Democrat among most ardent U.S. House supporters for arming Ukraine in its quest to oust Russian invaders
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PublishedJune 12, 2023
Mainer solves mystery over silent film’s lighthouse
A lighthouse expert discovered that “Out Yonder” producers in 1919 built a temporary lighthouse on the Hudson River in New Jersey.
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PublishedJune 11, 2023
A mysterious lighthouse
In the 1919 film “Out Yonder,” which news accounts say was filmed along the New England coast, perhaps entirely in Maine, the action takes place near a lighthouse. But it isn’t clear where the lighthouse shown in the movie was located. Reviews referred to it as Great Reef Light, but that appears to be a […]
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PublishedJune 11, 2023
Maine silent movie festival something to talk about
Century-old moving pictures filmed in Maine to be shown at Augusta’s historic theater next weekend, among them several involving Auburn’s Holman Day.
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PublishedJune 9, 2023
Feds found classified papers among Edmund Muskie’s archives at Bates College
The former Secretary of State and U.S. senator from Maine was one of many high-ranking officials who mistakenly held on to secret paperwork.
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PublishedJune 4, 2023
Did a young Maine farmer with ‘a good set of teeth’ really offer a ‘Chance for a Spinster’ to marry him?
For about as long as the clipping has been shared on social media, people have been trying to figure out if it’s true.
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PublishedJune 3, 2023
Edward Little grads ‘off on our own path’ after soggy ceremony
To smiles and cheers, diplomas distributed to more than 230 seniors.
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PublishedMay 31, 2023
Auburn woman with ALS declares in obit she opted to end her life
Kathryn Begg’s obituary says she died Saturday, ‘which was the date and time of her own choosing.’
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PublishedMay 30, 2023
Legislators urged to support a $50 million bond to bolster rail in Maine
Backers include Lewiston, Auburn train fans who want passenger service to the Twin Cities.
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