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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 inElections, Lewiston-Auburn, Politics
Peggy Rotundo seeks to reclaim state Senate seat she last held in 2008
A popular Lewiston Democrat aims to succeed Sen. Nate Libby, who can not run again due to term limits
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Politics
Wales lawmaker out of hospital after COVID-19; still speaking out against vaccine
Randall Greenwood, who is recovering at home after a 12-day hospital stay that included time on a ventilator, says he won’t get vaccinated.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
FEZtival of Trees to open Friday, but without online raffle
A legal glitch prevented Lewiston’s Kora Shrine Temple from repeating the successful online fundraiser it held last year and hopes to hold again in the future.
Posted inElections, Franklin, Maine, Politics
Tom Saviello mulling a run for Maine governor
The former Wilton lawmaker, an independent, will be deciding “pretty soon” whether to seek election next year for state’s top job against Gov. Janet Mills and former Gov. Paul LePage.
Posted inElections, Maine, Politics
Caratunk woman enters race against Bruce Poliquin for election to Maine’s 2nd District
Elizabeth Caruso, a leader in the fight against the NECEC project, jumps into congressional race to unseat Jared Golden.
Posted inMaine
‘Atlas of Imagined Places’ plots the locales of fictional Maine landmarks
A new book aims to pinpoint where to find everything from Hogwarts to Castle Rock, if they actually existed.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Murdered New York drug kingpin ‘wasn’t hiding’ in Lewiston, friend says
Alberto “Alpo” Martinez may have kept a low profile in Lewiston, but he still partied with those he knew from his days as a cocaine overlord, according to a friend he made early in his stay in Maine.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Elections, News, Politics
Leader of Maine Senate Republicans Jeff Timberlake seeks a third term in the state Senate
GOP leader from Turner is running in new 17th District.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Some workers at Bates College say they don’t need a union
With tensions rising before a looming union vote, some say the college treats employees well and a union won’t help