Bates College President Clayton Spencer said higher education depends on truth, evidence and ‘a culture of persuasion rather than violence.’
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
First babies of the new year welcomed in Lewiston
Two hospitals in Lewiston each welcomed a baby Friday to kick off 2021.
advertisement
Posted inBethel, The Bethel Citizen
Friday morning fire in Bethel sends woman to hospital
A woman suffered burns after a fire broke out in a mobile home just after midnight on Friday morning.
Posted inMaine Crime
Androscoggin County police log: Jan. 1, 2021
Charges Auburn • Samantha Landry, 29, of Wales, on a charge of domestic violence assault, 1 a.m. Friday at 801 Ridge Road. Lewiston • Viktor Dudley, 51, of Lewiston, on a charge of violating conditions of release, 7 p.m. Thursday at 136 Oxford St. • David Tuyishime, 20, of Lewiston, on a charge of failure […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Public asked to help find marijuana thieves in Turner
$15,000 worth of processed product taken
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Goodbye to an unforgettable year
Some see a silver lining to the trials that 2020 brought, but many are happy to begin a new year.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine People’s Party plans to start enrolling members this week
A new, progressive political party hopes to become a force in state and national politics.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, Politics
Jared Golden unhappy with ‘out of touch,’ partisan leadership on Capitol Hill
Maine’s 2nd District Democratic congressman blocked a $4,500 pay hike for colleagues, but went along with $2.4 trillion spending package this week.
Posted inMaine
Congress backs Sen. Collins’ measure for women’s history museum
Two new Smithsonian museums for the nation’s capital included in year-end funding bill, including one Collins has sought since 2003.
Posted inBusiness, Franklin, Maine, Schools & Education
Laid-off workers from Jay mill can go to college for free
177 ex-employees are eligible for retraining at two area community colleges.