One witness held a dying man as he watched the gunman walk past while shooting patrons.
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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‘This feels like home’: Lewiston basilica’s special Mass for immigrants is creating connections
A wedding six years ago led to a choir and a special Mass at the basilica now conducted by a visiting Boston priest.
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Posted inElections, Lewiston-Auburn
Republicans criticize Jared Golden for reversing his stance on assault weapons
Congressional challengers say the Democratic lawmaker should not have played ‘politics’ by supporting assault weapons ban
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Police still hunting for suspect more than 24 hours after 18 people killed in Lewiston
Police have issued murder warrants for Robert Card, of Bowdoin, in the shootings that spawned a night of terror for people at bowling alley and a bar.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime
Multiple dead, wounded in Lewiston shootings; police give few details on overnight search for gunman
A massive manhunt is underway after Maine State Police identified Robert Card, 40, of Bowdoin as person of interest in the shootings. A shelter-in-place order remains in effect for all of Androscoggin County, with residents told to stay in their homes and keep doors locked.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Youth-led forum slated at Bates for Lewiston city candidates
The forum will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Muskie Archives at 70 Campus Ave., in a brick building opposite the Bates College bookstore, on Nov. 1.
Posted inMaine
FBI data shows Maine’s violent crime rate lower in 2022 than it’s been in more than four decades
Though the murder rate rose slightly in 2022 in Maine, decreases in rapes, robberies and assaults brought down the overall volume of crime.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Bates College has a big day in store for the installation of its new president
Garry Jenkins will be formally installed as the college leader on October 27
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Memorial service slated for Barbara Hinckley; she was scammed out her savings and helped by a potluck fundraiser
Former Gov. John Baldacci hosted a fundraiser to help the Auburn senior after finding out about the scam.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World
Republican congressional hopefuls oppose ‘a blank check’ for Ukraine
Democrats such as Jared Golden haven’t done enough to hold down costs to American taxpayers, they say