Steve Collins – Page 38 – Lewiston Sun Journal

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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.

Lewiston-Auburn

Bates College Commencement to feature prominent naturalist

by Steve Collins May 10, 2023May 12, 2023

J. Drew Lanham, a Macarthur Genius Award winner, will deliver speech to graduates on May 28.

Maine, Politics

Paul LePage reclaims his ‘Florida man’ designation

by Steve Collins May 1, 2023May 2, 2023

The former Maine governor is once again a resident of Florida.

Lewiston-Auburn

Students to pay almost 4% more to attend Bates College

by Steve Collins April 28, 2023

Bates to charge $81,382 for tuition, room and board in the coming academic year, though many students get aid

Lewiston-Auburn, Maine

‘Quality of life’ or homeless crackdown in Lewiston?

by Steve Collins April 28, 2023May 4, 2023

Homeless say they are feeling the heat as the city presses its Neighborhood First initiative.

Bethel, Maine, Oxford Hills

Fox may not want Tucker Carlson, but Bryant Pond does

by Steve Collins April 25, 2023April 26, 2023

The former Fox News TV show host ‘is just regular, old folk’ to people around town.

Schools & Education

Volunteers sought for Futures Task Force in Poland-based school district

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023

POLAND — Regional School Unit 16 is looking for “highly motivated, collaborative and analytical individuals” to join its Futures Task Force. According to a news release from the three-town school district, the goal of the task force “is to develop and present recommendations to the school board in September 2023 to achieve cost savings and […]