Hoping for more aid to cope with rising budgets, municipalities eye possible increases in revenue sharing rates
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
Bates College joins national group to help low-income students attend elite schools
The nonprofit Questbridge adds Bates College, Harvard College and the University of Richmond to its roster of partners in higher education.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Nation / World, Politics
Golden bill would force federal agencies to have offices outside DC
Bureaucrats should operate closer to the people impacted by federal rules and regulations, the lawmaker said.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
‘Mean and sneaky’ criminal tried to poison Lewiston’s mayor, marshal and judge in 1898
A wealthy resident’s desire for revenge led to ‘one of the most sensational criminal cases ever known in Maine.’
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, Oxford Hills, Politics
Retired Maine general says Pete Hegseth unqualified to lead Pentagon
Democrat Jon Treacy of Oxford warns Trump’s choices for his Cabinet are ‘buffoons and clowns.’
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Bates College to host events for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Speakers, forum and films are planned around the theme Bending Toward Justice.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine
Poland throws support at bid to make Togo’s descendants the state dog
Town Board of Selectpersons embraces plan to honor Seppala Siberian sled dogs.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Rep. Jared Golden backs 2 constitutional amendments
The Democrat is seeking term limits and an amendment that would require a supermajority to pass almost all bills before the Senate.
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How to turn a mountain of family photos into an organized archive
Writer and historian Steve Collins took on the photographic equivalent of Mount Katahdin and not only survived but is glad he did it.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Nation / World, Politics
Rep. Jared Golden received a holiday bomb threat at his home, newspaper reports
The Capitol Police say threats to members of Congress are on the rise and require more effort to protect them outside of Washington.