A journalist since 1987, Steve Collins has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine. He has served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. Among his awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award and the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015. Collins 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-Collins, 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.
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PublishedApril 2, 2023
How drunken revelers and ‘witches’ likely inspired the naming of Merrymeeting Bay
Historians doubt that the unusual bay where the Androscoggin River ends got its name from happy surveyors or a confluence of rivers.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2023
Mount David Summit: Bates College’s version of ‘March Madness’
College celebrated a stunning variety of research and artistic work
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PublishedMarch 30, 2023
Sen. Angus King talks nuclear war and artificial intelligence to Oak Hill High School juniors
Lessons and advice provided by Maine’s junior senator
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PublishedMarch 27, 2023
New biography tells the remarkable story of John Jenkins
A former mayor of Lewiston and Auburn, Jenkins died in 2020 after an inspiring life.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2023
Housing advocates urge state to ban application fees for renters
Supporters say axing the fees will make it easier for people to find housing in a tight rental market
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PublishedMarch 23, 2023
Fire damages van, house in Lewiston
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PublishedMarch 23, 2023
Bates College workers reject proposed union
National Labor Relations Board staffers who counted the ballots said 254 voted against the union while 186 favored it.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2023
Board agrees to restore the former Franco Center name
An effort to adopt a new name drew so much criticism that the center’s leaders decided to back down.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2023
Legislators weigh how much politicking to allow at polls
Maine’s restrictions go too far, some say, while others oppose even a ‘scintilla of electioneering’ at polling places.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2023
Franco Center rebranding compromise in the works
Nonprofit’s leaders hope board will approve name and logo that will resolve controversy.
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