Let’s just grab a handful of the news items reported on that day to get a sense of what the paper’s local coverage was like in those simpler times.
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 inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
Poland middle school student suspended pending probe of ‘Kill List’
POLAND — A middle school student at Bruce M. Whittier Middle School was suspended and removed from the Route 26 campus Friday after administrators learned he had created a “Kill List” on his school-issued laptop that included the names of other students and staff. A joint message to parents from RSU 16 Superintendent Ken Healey […]
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Posted in175th anniversary, Lewiston-Auburn, News
A former Auburn man’s high-flying ‘airship’ caught the world’s attention in 1897
The true story of the once-acclaimed but now forgotten “Professor Barnard” and his fabulous flying machine
Posted inBusiness, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, News
‘A very difficult day’: St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center to end maternity services
The hospital cites declining birth rates as part of the reason for ending its women’s health services at the end of July.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Nation / World, News
Former Minot resident pleads guilty to 2nd charge for role in U.S. Capitol insurrection
Mitch Simon likely to face up to 14 months in federal prison for wielding a bicycle rack against a police officer outside the Capitol.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Bates College taps Dr. Nirav Shah as its commencement speaker
With pandemic fears waning, the college plans a traditional graduation ceremony in May for the first time in three years.
Posted inElection 2022, Lewiston-Auburn
Margaret Craven seeks another term in state House
LEWISTON — Voters will decide in November whether to return Democratic state Rep. Margaret Craven of Lewiston to Augusta to represent House District 93. Craven, who has represented the area as its senator and state representative for a number of terms, won election to the seat in 2019 after having had taken several years off […]
Posted inBethel, Maine
From ‘stir crazy’ in Bethel to the bustle of the border in Ukraine
Maine man helps shuffle refugees and supplies across the border between Poland and war-torn Ukraine.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Gov. Janet Mills signs law to close loophole that allows out-of-state debris
Final measure revised to ease the impact on Lewiston recycler that has benefited from past policy.
Posted inMaine
Sabbathday Shakers seek to grow with new project and new plans
America’s last Shaker village snags $750,000 federal grant to help renovate its historic Herb House as a year-round attraction.