‘The Rider of the King Log,’ by well-known Auburn writer Holman Day, featured log drives, dam explosions, romance and more, but it has utterly vanished since its debut in 1921
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 inLewiston-Auburn
Baby Grace-Glow is Lewiston’s first baby of the new year
The baby girl was born at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston on New Year’s Day at 12:36 a.m.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Oxford Hills
Police looking for missing Naples man
Mark Conley, 67, was last seen on Christmas Eve in Lewiston.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Central Maine’s goats like to pig out on Christmas trees
Many farmers like to pitch old trees into animals’ pens to give them something fresh and green during long, difficult winters
Posted inHealth, Maine
It may be time to upgrade from cloth masks to hi-tech ones, experts say
Better masks will better block transmission of the virus, especially omicron, some say.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Fearing omicron spread, Bates College imposes new COVID-19 restrictions
Bates College closes campus buildings to outsiders, shuts down in-person dining hall and more to limit threat from new variant
Posted inElections, Franklin, Maine, Politics
Paul LePage tells Tom Saviello to ‘bring it on’
Former governor said he would love to see the ex-lawmaker from Wilton jump into the 2022 gubernatorial race, but it’s not clear what will happen.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Police have yet to crack Alpo Martinez murder case in New York
What happened to the drug kingpin who had been hiding in Lewiston remains a mystery, but speculation abounds.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn
Androscoggin Historical Society plans move to downtown Lewiston
Organization looks to move to 93 Lisbon St. after 85 years at county building in Auburn.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
RSU 16 cancels classes Wednesday
With a winter storm expected, Regional School Unit 16 decided Tuesday to start its winter break early. The three-town district said on a social media post that, “some of our bus drivers wrote Santa a letter, asking for no school” on Dec. 22. “They got their wish! There will be no school” Wednesday, the district […]