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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PublishedJuly 24, 2022
Flood of 1896 washed out bridges, buildings along the length of the Androscoggin River
When it began to rain on Saturday, Feb. 28, 1896, a foot of snow lay across Androscoggin County. Farmers and tradespeople rushed to get home before the roads got so soft, slushy and muddy that travel would become difficult or perhaps impossible. Nobody knew that “the most malicious of Maine freshets” had just begun. The […]
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PublishedJuly 24, 2022
Big floods have washed out Lewiston and Auburn
Among the worst years for flooding were 1896, 1936 and 1987.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2022
Sixteen babies perished in 1945 Auburn fire
A stove explosion was blamed for the deadly fire at the ‘baby farm.’
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PublishedJuly 24, 2022
Lewiston’s impressive City Hall went up in flames in 1890
When Lewiston City Hall caught fire on Jan. 7, 1890, flames leapt 200 feet in the air as the blaze turned the monumental structure into a pile of rubble in little more than an hour. “It was a carnival of fire,” the Lewiston Evening Journal reported, “an enormous boiling furnace” so bright that it lit […]
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PublishedJuly 24, 2022
Over the years, at least 129 people have drowned in the Androscoggin River in Maine
Nine out of 10 known victims were male, often boys, and about half of those killed in the river were 18 or younger.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2022
Chapter 10: The inquest, day one
Their first decision was to bar the crowd outside from squeezing into the room, keeping those inside to a minimum — the coroner, Androscoggin County Attorney George Wing, the witnesses and the press. It seems that Frank Dingley, the Lewiston Evening Journal’s intrepid editor, was always allowed to see whatever he wanted.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2022
A heat wave in 1911 brought misery and death to Maine and beyond
Find our full archive of newspaper content at sunjournal.com/archives With thermometers across Maine pushing 110 degrees in July 1911, it’s no wonder that the baggage handler for the Maine Central Railroad in Livermore Falls collapsed on the job one afternoon. So, too, did Bert Clark, the blacksmith just down the street. A handful of workers […]
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PublishedJuly 22, 2022
Swift action saves life of 8-year-old on Bear Pond Beach in Turner
A young girl is alive today because bystanders acted quickly after she began drowning Thursday.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2022
Motorcyclist injured Wednesday is home from hospital
POLAND — A 73-year-old motorcyclist from Auburn, injured Wednesday afternoon in a crash in Poland, was released later the same day from Central Maine Medical Center after receiving treatment. Deputy Connor Pinkham of the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said Peter Dingley received chest injuries in the crash. Dingley was riding a Ducati motorcycle, Pinkham said, […]
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PublishedJuly 21, 2022
Eight-year-old girl rescued from Bear Pond in Turner
The girl got into trouble while swimming and was pulled to the beach. She is expected to recover.
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